Abstract | PURPOSE: METHOD: Single observational case report in urban USA. CASE PRESENTATION: CONCLUSION: Susceptibility to keratitis with unusual bacteria of the Micrococcaceae family can occur in the setting of alcoholism-related gastrointestinal disease with severe vitamin A deficiency. To our knowledge, K. palustris is a species not previously identified in any human disease, and the Kocuria genus has not previously been reported as a participant in eye infection. Documented cases of R. mucilaginosa in ocular disease are rare. These unusual infections heralded the onset of severe marginal corneal melts.
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Authors | R M Mattern, Jiaxi Ding |
Journal | Case reports in ophthalmology
(Case Rep Ophthalmol)
Vol. 5
Issue 1
Pg. 72-7
(Jan 2014)
ISSN: 1663-2699 [Print] Switzerland |
PMID | 24707276
(Publication Type: Case Reports)
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