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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2009, p. 3043-3044, Vol. 47, No. 9
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02253-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Conjunctivitis with Regional Lymphadenopathy in a Trainee Microbiologist{triangledown}

Adela Alcolea,1 María Jesús Suarez,2 Manuel Lizasoain,1 Pilar Tejada,2 Fernando Chaves,1 and Elia Palenque1*

Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Unit,1 Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain2

Received 24 November 2008/ Returned for modification 29 June 2009/ Accepted 20 July 2009

We report a case of conjunctival tuberculosis in a trainee microbiologist caused by direct inoculation. The resident strain was analyzed by DNA fingerprinting, and an identical pattern was found in an isolate from sputum handled by the resident. After 6 months of treatment, the patient was cured.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Av. Córdoba s/n 28041, Madrid, Spain. Phone: 34913098000-1867. Fax: 34915652765. E-mail: epalenque.hdoc{at}salud.madrid.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 July 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2009, p. 3043-3044, Vol. 47, No. 9
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02253-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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