Posttraumatic Keratitis Caused by Elizabethkingia meningosepticum
EYE & CONTACT LENS-SCIENCE AND CLINICAL PRACTICE, cilt.39, sa.5, ss.361-363, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Doi Numarası: 10.1097/icl.0b013e318291d171
- Dergi Adı: EYE & CONTACT LENS-SCIENCE AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.361-363
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective:To present a case of bacterial keratitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningosepticum in an eye after trauma.Method:Case report.Result:A 45-year-old woman was referred to our cornea clinic for keratitis, which had developed following nonpenetrating eye trauma from a tree branch. Cultures from a corneal smear demonstrated heavy growth of E. meningosepticum. Treatment with a combination of topical moxifloxacin and topical trimethoprim/polymyxin B effectively controlled the corneal ulcer. Corneal infection resolved within 2 months, but a central corneal scar and vascularization remained.Conclusions:E. meningosepticum is an opportunistic bacterium and gives rise to severe systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. Ocular infections caused by this bacterium are extremely rare in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first report of posttraumatic keratitis caused by E. meningosepticum.