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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1953-1956, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00424-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

First Report of Tsukamurella Keratitis: Association between T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis and Ophthalmologic Infections{triangledown}

Patrick C. Y. Woo,1,2,3* Angie H. C. Fong,4 Antonio H. Y. Ngan,3 Dorothy M. W. Tam,3 Jade L. L. Teng,3 Susanna K. P. Lau,1,2,3 and Kwok-Yung Yuen1,2,3

State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases,1 Research Centre of Infection and Immunology,2 Department of Microbiology, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,3 Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong4

Received 26 February 2009/ Returned for modification 25 March 2009/ Accepted 7 April 2009

We describe the first two cases of Tsukamurella keratitis, presented as eye pain with or without blurring of vision. One case was associated with trichiasis and the other with contact lens wear. The two isolates were identified as T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis, respectively, by phenotypic characterization and 16S rRNA sequencing.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, the University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Phone: (852) 28554892. Fax: (852) 28551241. E-mail: pcywoo{at}hkucc.hku.hk

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 15 April 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2009, p. 1953-1956, Vol. 47, No. 6
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00424-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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