SEVERE KERATITIS DUE TO NOCARDIA-FARCINICA

Citation
Ca. Eggink et al., SEVERE KERATITIS DUE TO NOCARDIA-FARCINICA, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(4), 1997, pp. 999-1001
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
999 - 1001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:4<999:SKDTN>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Keratitis due to Nocardia farcinica occurred in a 49-year-old female a fter inappropriate cleaning of her semipermeable rigid contact lenses with basin-stored water during a holiday in France, N. farcinica was d ifferentiated from Nocardia asteroides by its growth at 45 degrees C, acid production from rhamnose, its opacification of Middlebrook 7H10 a gar, and its marked degree of resistance to all cephalosporins, aminog lycosides, tetracyclins, macrolides, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole . To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of hum an N, farcinica keratitis, confirming that this microorganism can be r esponsible for serious human disease.