Bacterial species isolated
| Baseline visit (122 children examined) | 14 day visit (109 children examined) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treated | Control | Total | Treated | Control | Total | ||
| S pneumoniae | 25 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Haemophilus | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Moraxella | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neisseria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| E coli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | 5 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 17 | |
The conjunctivae of some children had growth of more than one bacterial species.