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Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia :... Dec 2018
Topics: Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Echocardiography, Transesophageal; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Heart Valve Diseases; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Moraxella; Moraxellaceae Infections; Opportunistic Infections
PubMed: 30378394
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American Journal of Ophthalmology Case... Sep 2017is a rare pathogen. Keratitis from this organism has never been specifically reported or described. In this report we provide the first clinical description and...
PURPOSE
is a rare pathogen. Keratitis from this organism has never been specifically reported or described. In this report we provide the first clinical description and photograph of infectious keratitis.
OBSERVATIONS
A 41 year-old man presented with a three day history of left eye pain. He was found to have a corneal ring ulcer and infiltrate from which was cultured. The patient was successfully treated with intensive topical gatifloxacin (0.5%) and fortified tobramycin (1.5%); oral doxycycline was added to reduce corneal thinning. The patient's infection resolved with a residual scar and final best corrected visual acuity of 20/200 OS.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE
can present as a ring-shaped infectious corneal infiltrate and ulcer. Ring infiltrates have been observed with other microorganisms, including several other gram negative bacteria and classically, acanthamoeba. Frequently presumed to be purely immunologic, corneal ring infiltrates can have a number of other etiologies, including infectious and toxic. There are different types of immunologic rings as well, making differentiation of corneal rings sometimes difficult for the ophthalmologic generalist and subspecialist alike. In this paper we discuss characteristics of various corneal ring infiltrates, along with their immune pathophysiology. Infectious rings are distinguished from immunologic Wessely rings.
PubMed: 29260080
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2017.06.003