Contact Lens-Related Infectious Keratitis with White Plaque Formation Caused by Corynebacterium propinquum.

ABSTRACT: We report the first case of Corynebacterium propinquum keratitis in the compromised cornea of a diabetic patient wearing therapeutic contact lenses. The strain was identified to the species level based on sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and RNA polymerase β-subunit-encoding gene (rpoB). Ophthalmologists should be aware of nondiphtherial corynebacterial infection of compromised corneas.

SUBMITTER: Todokoro D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4540905 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature