[The significance of detecting Corynebacterium equi in the conjunctiva of children in Cairo].

The probable correlations between certain Corynebacterium are discussed. Carpenter et al. (1976) describes a Corynebacterium equi-pneumonia in a patient with Hodgkin's disease; Gardner et. al. (1976) also reports on a case of pneumonia. Golub et. al. (1967) demonstrates a lung abscess resulting from Corynebacterium equi. Williams et. al. (1971) demonstrates a thoracic infection in an immunosuppressed patient. Although, our findings have been demonstrated only in conjunctivitis of children, hitherto descriptions of Corynebacterium equi in diseases of the lungs, especially in the case of a low immune response in certain sections of the population should be taken into account. Further investigations of the numerous dead donkeys with severe clinical symptoms of lung sequela are necessary.