Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae keratitis.
Although Streptococcus pneumoniae is usually extremely sensitive to penicillin, recent reports in the nonophthalmic literature indicate a rise in the prevalence of penicillin-resistant pneumococci. We report a case of penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae keratitis in a 51-year-old woman with severe rheumatoid arthritis. This report is only the second such case in the ophthalmic literature and may indicate the emergence of penicillin-resistant strains of S. pneumoniae as ocular pathogens.
Wilkins
J
J
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0944, USA.
Whitcher
J P
JP
Margolis
T P
TP
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000502:physiology*