Infectious Keratitis Caused by Eikenella corrodens
10.3341/jkos.2021.62.5.697
- Author:
Ja Young MOON
1
;
Hyung Nam JIN
;
Hyeon Jeong YOON
;
Kyung-Chul YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2021;62(5):697-701
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Purpose:We report a case of infectious keratitis caused by Eikenella corrodens in a patient who lost visual function.Case summary: A 65-year-old male with histories of a corneal ulcer, glaucoma, and bullous keratopathy visited our hospital complaining of redness and pain in his right eye for the past 10 days. Slit-lamp examination revealed stromal infiltration, a 2-mm-high hypopyon, and severe inflammation of the anterior chamber. Vitreous opacity was evident on ocular ultrasonography. Culture of corneal scrapings yielded Eikenella corrodens. After 5 days of antibiotic treatment, ceftazidime was injected intravitreally and histoacryl glue applied to treat the corneal perforation and the endophthalmitis. Two months later, the eye was not inflamed.
Conclusions:Eikenella corrodens should be considered a possible pathogen when a patient with an underlying ocular disease presents with infectious keratitis. A corneal ulcer caused by Eikenella corrodens has not previously been reported in the Republic of Korea.
