title: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica and Contact Lens Use.
abstract: A 47-year-old man presented to our emergency department complaining of acute ocular pain and redness of his left eye. Ophthalmological antecedents included use of semi-rigid contact lens and primary open-angle glaucoma. Slit-lamp examination revealed a small central corneal ulcer associated with stromal inflammatory infiltrate. Scraping from the corneal ulcer was positive for Elizabethkingia meningoseptica. He was empirically treated with topical 0.5% levofloxacin and 0.3% gentamicin, and five weeks later the infection had resolved. In this case report we describe the uncommon association between contact lens and Elizabethkingia meningoseptica. Despite possible serious complications associated with this atypical agent, prompt diagnosis and adequate treatment lead to good visual prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology. São João Hospital Centre. Porto.
authors.forename: Joao N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Beato
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology. Faculty of Medicine. University of Porto. Porto. Department of Clinical Pathology. São João Hospital Centre. Porto.
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Espinar
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology. São João Hospital Centre. Porto. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Faculty of Medicine. University of Porto. Porto.
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Figueira
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology. São João Hospital Centre. Porto.
authors.forename: Yuliana O
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Eremina
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology. São João Hospital Centre. Porto.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology. São João Hospital Centre. Porto.
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology. São João Hospital Centre. Porto. Department of Sense Organs. Faculty of Medicine. University of Porto. Porto.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Falcão-Reis
mesh_terms: D045247:Chryseobacterium; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology*; D045826:Flavobacteriaceae Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged