title: Ring infiltrate in staphylococcal keratitis.
abstract: Smear and culture tests of corneal scrapings from a patient with a ring infiltrate confirmed significant growth of a Staphylococcus species resistant to fluoroquinolones. Because of nonresponse to medical management, the patient underwent therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty. Staphylococcal infection of the cornea may appear as a ring-like infiltrate that is recalcitrant to medical management.
authors.affiliation: Cornea and Anterior Segment Service, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
authors.forename: Batriti S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Wallang
authors.forename: Sujata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Savitri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Srikant K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: Ruchi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mittal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones