Serrated Margins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis

PURPOSE: To describe 3 cases of culture-positive P. aeruginosa keratitis, who presented with a focus having serrated margins. METHODS: Observational case report. RESULTS: Three cases wearing contact lenses complained of symptoms such as pain, redness, and a decrease in vision. Slit-lamp biomicroscop...

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Autores principales: Ishikawa, Eri, Suzuki, Takashi, Yamaguchi, Satoshi, Inoue, Tomoyuki, Uno, Toshihiko, Ohashi, Yuichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Published online: June, 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000353226
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author Ishikawa, Eri
Suzuki, Takashi
Yamaguchi, Satoshi
Inoue, Tomoyuki
Uno, Toshihiko
Ohashi, Yuichi
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Suzuki, Takashi
Yamaguchi, Satoshi
Inoue, Tomoyuki
Uno, Toshihiko
Ohashi, Yuichi
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description PURPOSE: To describe 3 cases of culture-positive P. aeruginosa keratitis, who presented with a focus having serrated margins. METHODS: Observational case report. RESULTS: Three cases wearing contact lenses complained of symptoms such as pain, redness, and a decrease in vision. Slit-lamp biomicroscopic examination revealed a focus with serrated margins in all cases. The patients underwent corneal scraping for cultures, which confirmed the presence of P. aeruginosa. All 3 patients were treated with a combination of fluoroquinolone and tobramycin, 6–8 times per day. Corneal defects and infiltration disappeared within 2 weeks after initiating the therapy. CONCLUSION: Serrated margins may also be a characteristic initial presentation of P. aeruginosa keratitis.
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spelling pubmed-37250142013-07-29 Serrated Margins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis Ishikawa, Eri Suzuki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Satoshi Inoue, Tomoyuki Uno, Toshihiko Ohashi, Yuichi Case Rep Ophthalmol Published online: June, 2013 PURPOSE: To describe 3 cases of culture-positive P. aeruginosa keratitis, who presented with a focus having serrated margins. METHODS: Observational case report. RESULTS: Three cases wearing contact lenses complained of symptoms such as pain, redness, and a decrease in vision. Slit-lamp biomicroscopic examination revealed a focus with serrated margins in all cases. The patients underwent corneal scraping for cultures, which confirmed the presence of P. aeruginosa. All 3 patients were treated with a combination of fluoroquinolone and tobramycin, 6–8 times per day. Corneal defects and infiltration disappeared within 2 weeks after initiating the therapy. CONCLUSION: Serrated margins may also be a characteristic initial presentation of P. aeruginosa keratitis. S. Karger AG 2013-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3725014/ /pubmed/23898286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000353226 Text en Copyright © 2013 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published online: June, 2013
Ishikawa, Eri
Suzuki, Takashi
Yamaguchi, Satoshi
Inoue, Tomoyuki
Uno, Toshihiko
Ohashi, Yuichi
Serrated Margins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis
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title_short Serrated Margins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis
title_sort serrated margins in pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis
topic Published online: June, 2013
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000353226
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