Fig. 1. Distribution of ocular bacterial isolates from the normal conjunctivas of newborns (Brook I, Barrett CT, Brinkman CR et al: Aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora of the maternal cervix and newborn gastric fluid and conjunctiva: A prospective study. Pediatrics 63:451, 1979; Lee PW, Jun AK, Cho BC. A study of microbial flora of conjunctival sac in newborns. Korean J Ophthalmol 3:38, 1989), children (Weiss A, Brinser JH, Nazar-Stewart: Acute conjunctivitis in childhood. J Pediatr 122:10, 1993; Singer TR, Isenberg SJ, Apt L: Conjunctival anaerobic and aerobic bacterial flora in paediatric versus adult subjects. Br J Ophthalmol 72:448, 1988) and adults (McNatt J, Allen SD, Wilson LA et al: Anaerobic flora of the normal human conjunctival sac. Arch Ophthalmol 96:1448, 1978; Singer TR, Isenberg SJ, Apt L: Conjunctival anaerobic and aerobic bacterial flora in paediatric versus adult subjects. Br J Ophthalmol 72:448, 1988; Boes DA, Lindquist TD, Fritsche TR et al: Effects of povidone-iodine chemical preparation and saline irrigation on the perilimbal flora. Ophthalmology 99:1569, 1992.)