[Study of ocular fungal microbiota in patients with Hansen's disease and in individuals who deal with them].

Purpose: To study the conjunctival fungal flora of patients with leprosy who live in the colony hospital and of those who deal with "Hansen" patients.

Methods: Sixty-one eyes (61 patients) with Hansen's disease and twenty-five healthy eyes (25 individuals) of individuals who deal with patients were investigated.

Results: Conjunctival fungi growth occurred in 19.