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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.02442-07
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Keratitis and corneal ulcers caused by Burkholderia gladioli – report of two cases and review of the literature

Franka Lestin, Robert Kraak, and Andreas Podbielski

Department of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hospital Hygiene, Rostock University Hospital, Germany; Department of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Hospital, Germany


  Abstract

We report two cases of protracted keratitis complicated by corneal ulcer. Burkholderia gladioli, primarily known as a plant pathogen, was cultured from corneal swabs. The epithelial defects healed after extended adequate antibiotic therapy. Despite identical patterns of both strains in RFLP analysis a common infection source was not detectable.




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