Transfer of bacterial infections by donor cornea in penetrating keratoplasty.
A 45-year-old man died of Hogdkin's disease complicated by peritonitis and possible septicemia. His corneas were used for transplant in a 26-year-old man with advanced keratoconus and a 42-year-old man with vascularized central leukoma of old herpetic keratitis. Both recipients developed a fulminating endophthalmitis with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We believe that the donor corneas, although clinically normal, were heavily infected, with signs of inflammation possibly suppressed by the Hodgkin's disease.
D000328:Adult; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous