Between the young group and the middle-aged group, the frequency of culture positivity in the conjunctiva of male patients showed a trend towards an initial reduction, and the incidence then increased with advancing age in the elderly group (Additional file 1 ).
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Bacteriological profile of conjunctiva bacterial Flora in Northeast China: a hospital-based study.
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The culture positive rate of the young (18–40 years) group was different between the females (26.67%) and males (69.23%) ( P = 0.024), but in the middle-aged group and the elderly group, the rates between the sexes were similar, with an increasing trend.