Case Report: A Polymicrobial Vision-Threatening Eye Infection Associated with Polysubstance Abuse.


Journal

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
ISSN: 1476-1645
Titre abrégé: Am J Trop Med Hyg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0370507

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
08 2020
Historique:
pubmed: 21 5 2020
medline: 11 11 2020
entrez: 21 5 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We report a patient with risk factors for both microbial keratitis and endophthalmitis, which were initially challenging to distinguish. Cultures of corneal scrapings yielded several organisms, including an uncultivable Gram-negative rod, eventually identified as

Identifiants

pubmed: 32431277
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0202
pmc: PMC7410436
pii: tpmd200202
doi:
pii:

Substances chimiques

Anti-Inflammatory Agents 0
Antioxidants 0
Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors 0
Ophthalmic Solutions 0
Vancomycin 6Q205EH1VU
Ceftazidime 9M416Z9QNR
Cocaine I5Y540LHVR
Linezolid ISQ9I6J12J
Voriconazole JFU09I87TR
Doxycycline N12000U13O
Ascorbic Acid PQ6CK8PD0R
Moxifloxacin U188XYD42P
Prednisone VB0R961HZT
Tobramycin VZ8RRZ51VK

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

672-674

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J Clin Microbiol. 2013 May;51(5):1627-8
pubmed: 23447636

Auteurs

Venkata Satish Pendela (VS)

1Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York.

Pujitha Kudaravalli (P)

2SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.

Mamta Chhabria (M)

1Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York.

Emil Lesho (E)

1Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York.

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