Author:
Walli Hazim A.,Ali Wisam jasim Abed
Abstract
Abstract
This study was carried out to detect the contamination of the eyes with the black fungus and its presence in the eyes, where swabs were taken with the number of 50 swabs from the eyes, of twenty-five healthy people aged 15-30, and twenty-five elderly people aged 50-70 with diabetes. The results showed significant differences in the rate of isolation between healthy people and people suffering from chronic diseases, the results showed that percentage of isolation from elderly was 62.7 %, while the percentage of isolation from healthy people was 37.3%, also three other species were isolated (A.flavus, A.ochracus, A. terreus) in the rate of (16.9, 10.2, 3.4)% respectively in elderly people, but other species were isolated (A.flavus, A.ochracus ) in the rate of (11.9, 6.8)% respectively in healthy people.
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