Postkeratoplasty Keratitis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An Unusual Cause of Graft Infection

Abiotrophia defectiva is a nutritional variant of Streptococci. We describe a case of microbial keratitis due to A. defectiva in a patient who had undergone penetrating keratoplasty and was on corticosteroid therapy for recent graft rejection. Isolation of this organism confirmed this to be an oppor...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Manderwad, Guru Prasad, Murthy, Somasheila I., Motukupally, Swapna Reddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4502186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180481
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.150631
_version_ 1782381158559907840
author Manderwad, Guru Prasad
Murthy, Somasheila I.
Motukupally, Swapna Reddy
author_facet Manderwad, Guru Prasad
Murthy, Somasheila I.
Motukupally, Swapna Reddy
author_sort Manderwad, Guru Prasad
collection PubMed
description Abiotrophia defectiva is a nutritional variant of Streptococci. We describe a case of microbial keratitis due to A. defectiva in a patient who had undergone penetrating keratoplasty and was on corticosteroid therapy for recent graft rejection. Isolation of this organism confirmed this to be an opportunistic infection.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4502186
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-45021862015-07-15 Postkeratoplasty Keratitis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An Unusual Cause of Graft Infection Manderwad, Guru Prasad Murthy, Somasheila I. Motukupally, Swapna Reddy Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report Abiotrophia defectiva is a nutritional variant of Streptococci. We describe a case of microbial keratitis due to A. defectiva in a patient who had undergone penetrating keratoplasty and was on corticosteroid therapy for recent graft rejection. Isolation of this organism confirmed this to be an opportunistic infection. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4502186/ /pubmed/26180481 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.150631 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Manderwad, Guru Prasad
Murthy, Somasheila I.
Motukupally, Swapna Reddy
Postkeratoplasty Keratitis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An Unusual Cause of Graft Infection
title Postkeratoplasty Keratitis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An Unusual Cause of Graft Infection
title_full Postkeratoplasty Keratitis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An Unusual Cause of Graft Infection
title_fullStr Postkeratoplasty Keratitis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An Unusual Cause of Graft Infection
title_full_unstemmed Postkeratoplasty Keratitis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An Unusual Cause of Graft Infection
title_short Postkeratoplasty Keratitis Caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An Unusual Cause of Graft Infection
title_sort postkeratoplasty keratitis caused by abiotrophia defectiva: an unusual cause of graft infection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4502186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180481
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.150631
work_keys_str_mv AT manderwadguruprasad postkeratoplastykeratitiscausedbyabiotrophiadefectivaanunusualcauseofgraftinfection
AT murthysomasheilai postkeratoplastykeratitiscausedbyabiotrophiadefectivaanunusualcauseofgraftinfection
AT motukupallyswapnareddy postkeratoplastykeratitiscausedbyabiotrophiadefectivaanunusualcauseofgraftinfection

Ejemplares similares