Mycobacterium fortuitum keratitis

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2007 Oct;25(4):422-4. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.37357.

Abstract

We report a case of mycobacterial keratitis characterized by apparently spontaneous onset, delayed diagnosis, and eventually necessitating evisceration inspite of systemic antibiotics and repeated corneal grafts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Corneal Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Keratitis / drug therapy
  • Keratitis / microbiology*
  • Keratitis / surgery
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / surgery
  • Mycobacterium fortuitum / isolation & purification*
  • Orbit Evisceration

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents