title: Serratia liquefaciens Causing Severe Ocular Damage in Noncontact Lens Wearer.
abstract: Serratia liquefaciens is a rarely encountered gram-negative organism in ophthalmology practice. The only reported ocular infections are from contamination of contact lenses. The authors report the first case of a patient who developed orbital cellulitis secondary to severe S. liquefaciens microbial keratitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology (A.R., M.R., A.M.), Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire (M.R.), NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Akshatha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ranganatha
authors.forename: Mrinal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: Aidan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000382:microbiology*; D003315:Cornea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D054517:Orbital Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D044090:Serratia liquefaciens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed