Treatment refractory multidrug-resistant bacterial keratitis

This article reports a case of severe, treatment refractory infectious keratitis. Multiple samples of the cornea and the anterior chamber were taken without detection of any pathogens. Ultimately a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated and successfully treated with tobramycin and amikacin, according to its antibiotic sensitivity. If there is a clinical suspicion multiple samples should be taken and multidrug-resistant pathogens considered as a differential diagnosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

Enthalten in:

Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 118(2021), 5 vom: 07. Mai, Seite 486-489

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Therapierefraktäre 4-MRGN-Keratitis

Beteiligte Personen:

Schubert, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Sekundo, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Paul, Christoph [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Case Reports
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Infections/microbiology
Journal Article
Keratitis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Tobramycin
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.05.2021

Date Revised 11.05.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00347-020-01129-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311034616