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Diabetic patients have a significantly higher number of positive conjunctival cultures. The presence of diabetic retinopathy was correlated with an increase in positive cultures and a higher proportion of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.

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Subretinal delivery of ICG (5 mg/mL) in rabbits induces retinal pigment epithelium, photoreceptor inner and outer segment, and outer nuclear layer damage. These mechanisms of damage may explain the retinal pigment epithelium changes that are sometimes seen after ICG-assisted internal limiting membrane peeling in humans.