Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2005
Abstract
A 37-year-old man experienced recurrent (7x) bacterial keratitis after extraction of corneal foreign body. Pseudomonas putida was identified as an etiological factor and the patient was treated with antibiotics, steroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
The inflammation used to disappeared under this intensive medical treament but remissions were very short and corneal infiltration constantly reappeared. Finally, penetrating keratoplasty was performed.
The graft remained clear and there was no evidence of corneal infiltration postoperatively. We show that Pseudomonas putida can cause keratitis with an unusual reccurent course which requires surgical treatment.