title: Isolation of Kingella denitrificans from a corneal ulcer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of a corneal ulcer caused by an unusual pathogen.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical review describing initial presentation, course, and outcome of 1 patient with a corneal ulcer caused by Kingella denitrificans.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 77-year-old man with a prior history of 4 penetrating keratoplasties in the right eye for herpes simplex virus keratitis presented with a 3-day history of a red painful right eye. On examination, he was found to have a corneal ulcer identified by culture as K. denitrificans.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although Kingella spp. is not a common ocular pathogen, it can infect the cornea, especially when the host immune defense is altered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX, USA. dyk33@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yu Hyon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Vasudha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panday
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reilly
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016849:Keratitis, Herpetic / Q000601:surgery; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D017881:Kingella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012086:Reoperation; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014031:Tobramycin