Keratitis due to Shigella flexneri.
Multiresistant Shigella flexneri isolates were cultured from the cornea and stool of a girl. Genetic analysis showed the isolates were identical. Shigella spp. are rare causes of ulcerative keratitis; there have only been 14 published cases since 1943. Although prognosis after local treatment is good, shigellosis is a systemic infection, possibly leading to dehydration.
Muytjens
Harry L
HL
Department of Medical Microbiology, Nijmegen University Centre of Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Eggink
Catharina A
CA
Dijkman
Frederik C A P
FC
Bakkers
Judith M J E
JM
Melchers
Willem J G
WJ
D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000382:microbiology; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000382:microbiology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*