Table 1 Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria recovered from the eyes of patients with conjunctivitis
From: Bacteriologic and plasmid analysis of etiologic agents of conjunctivitis in Lagos, Nigeria
Organism | No. (%) recovered | Complexity of infections | χ 2 | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mono-infection | Polymicrobial infection no. (%) | |||||
No. (%) | Two organisms | More than two organisms | ||||
Total Gram-positive cocci | 78 (50.3) | 25 (30.1) | 43 (51.8) | 15 (18.1) | 21.8 | 1.8E−5 |
 S. aureus | 43 (27.7) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Coagulase-negative Staph | 35 (22.6) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Gram-positive bacilli | 35 (22.6) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Bacillus sp. | 10 (6.5) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Corynebacterium sp. | 25 (16.1) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Gram-negative bacilli | 33 (21.3) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 P. aeruginosa | 15 (9.7) |  |  |  |  |  |
 E. coli | 10 (6.5) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Proteus sp. | 5 (3.2) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Enterobacter aerogenes | 3 (1.9) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Klebsiella sp. | 3 (1.9) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Gram-negative cocci | 7 (4.5) |  |  |  |  |  |
 Moraxella sp. | 7 (4.5) |  |  |  |  |  |
Total | 155 (100) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |