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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2006, p. 2291-2294, Vol. 44, No. 6
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00481-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Keratitis Due to Shigella flexneri

Harry L. Muytjens,1 Catharina A. Eggink,2 Frederik C. A. P. Dijkman,2 Judith M. J. E. Bakkers,1 and Willem J. G. Melchers1*

Departments of Medical Microbiology,1 Ophthalmology, Nijmegen University Centre of Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands2

Received 6 March 2006/ Returned for modification 31 March 2006/ Accepted 19 April 2006

Multiresistant Shigella flexneri isolates were cultured from the cornea and stool of a girl. Genetic analysis showed the isolates were identical. Shigella spp. are rare causes of ulcerative keratitis; there have only been 14 published cases since 1943. Although prognosis after local treatment is good, shigellosis is a systemic infection, possibly leading to dehydration.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Nijmegen University Centre of Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-24-3614356. Fax: 31-24-3540216. E-mail: w.melchers{at}mmb.umcn.nl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2006, p. 2291-2294, Vol. 44, No. 6
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00481-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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