A rare case of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens infection in the eye: a case report
Abstract Purpose To report a rare case of microbial keratitis caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (C. flaccumfaciens) infection. Methods and results A 24-year-old male presented with pain and redness of the eye following ocular exposure to banana bell sap. He was diagnosed with infectious kerati...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9f77db17e7914f9e8cb90bdddc9361df 2023-05-15T15:01:03+02:00 A rare case of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens infection in the eye: a case report Pauline Mallick 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00452-1 https://doaj.org/article/9f77db17e7914f9e8cb90bdddc9361df EN eng BMC https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00452-1 https://doaj.org/toc/1349-4147 doi:10.1186/s41182-022-00452-1 1349-4147 https://doaj.org/article/9f77db17e7914f9e8cb90bdddc9361df Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 50, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2022) Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens Infective keratitis Eye Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00452-1 2022-12-30T21:08:41Z Abstract Purpose To report a rare case of microbial keratitis caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (C. flaccumfaciens) infection. Methods and results A 24-year-old male presented with pain and redness of the eye following ocular exposure to banana bell sap. He was diagnosed with infectious keratitis and underwent corneal scraping. Subsequent culture and molecular analysis identified the causative organism as C. flaccumfaciens. Keratitis clinically resolved following several weeks of topical therapy with ciprofloxacin 0.3%. Conclusion Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens is a rare and likely underdiagnosed cause of bacterial keratitis. This report provides further evidence of its pathogenic role in not only plants, but also the human cornea, especially in the tropics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Tropical Medicine and Health 50 1 |
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Abstract Purpose To report a rare case of microbial keratitis caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (C. flaccumfaciens) infection. Methods and results A 24-year-old male presented with pain and redness of the eye following ocular exposure to banana bell sap. He was diagnosed with infectious keratitis and underwent corneal scraping. Subsequent culture and molecular analysis identified the causative organism as C. flaccumfaciens. Keratitis clinically resolved following several weeks of topical therapy with ciprofloxacin 0.3%. Conclusion Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens is a rare and likely underdiagnosed cause of bacterial keratitis. This report provides further evidence of its pathogenic role in not only plants, but also the human cornea, especially in the tropics. |
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A rare case of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens infection in the eye: a case report |
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