眼病巣からの真菌分離

Isolation of fungus organisms from ocular foci

　最近，抗生物質，副腎皮質ホルモン投与の機会が非常に多いが，それと共に，真菌性疾患が増加の傾向にあることは，眼科領域でも，しばしば指摘されている^1）2）3）。

　われわれの外来診療でも，軽度の眼部掻痒感，眼分泌物の増加，結膜充血等を主訴として来院した結膜炎の患者で，抗生物質（抗細菌性）の点眼を行なつても症状が良くならず，その分泌物中に多くの真菌胞子を認めるものが，かなり見られる。

Cultivation of scrapings from the conjunc-tiva in patients suffering from chronic con-junctivitis in plain agar with added Kana-mycin at the concentration of 100 gamma/ml resulted in strikingly frequent positive ou-tcomes of 12 out of 14 studied sample mate-rials. The 12 strains thus detected consisted of Penicillium ( 6 cases), Cephalosporium ( 2 cases) and unidentified in the remaining 4 cases. Similar attempts at isolating fungi by means of Sabouraud's medium resulted in poor positive outcomes in only 5 out of 35 studied materials.