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Úlcera de córnea por Serratia marcescens após ceratoplastia penetrante

Úlcera de córnea por Serratia marcescens após ceratoplastia penetrante

Autores:

Rosa Maria Reschini,
Newton Kara José,
Carlos E. Leite Arieta

ARTIGO ORIGINAL

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

versão impressa ISSN 0004-2749versão On-line ISSN 1678-2925

Arq. Bras. Oftalmol. vol.54 no.6 São Paulo nov./dez. 1991

http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.19910005

SUMMARY

Two cases of Serratia marcescens keratitis after corneal transplantation are related. The two patients received cornea from the same donor, preserved in Dexsol medium for 24 hours and had been operated in different hospitals by different surgeons.

A repeat corneal transplantation was performed in both patients. Recurrent Serratia keratitis occured in one of the cases and a conjunctival flap was performed. The other patient developed total opacity and vascularization of the second graft.

The bad prognosis in cases of Serratia marcescens keratitis and the possibility of donor cornea as source of infection are discussed.

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