Corneal graft rejection complicated by Paracoccus yeei infection in a patient who had undergone a penetrating keratoplasty.
A 68-year-old man who had undergone two penetrating keratoplasties of his left eye was admitted with early corneal graft failure. Culture of the anterior chamber fluid yielded Paracoccus yeei, a nonfermentative gram-negative bacillus which thus far had only been implicated in ocular disease by means of PCR and 16S rRNA gene sequencing directly on patient material.
Kanis
M J
MJ
University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Opthalmology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Oosterheert
J J
JJ
Lin
S
S
Boel
C H E
CH
Ekkelenkamp
M B
MB
D000368:Aged; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000150:complications*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010230:Paracoccus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S