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Case Reports
. 2002 May;21(4):426-9.
doi: 10.1097/00003226-200205000-00020.

Infectious post-LASIK crystalline keratopathy caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria

Lênio Alvarenga  1 , Denise Freitas, Ana Luísa Hofling-Lima, Rubens Belfort Jr, Jorge Sampaio, Luciene Sousa, Maria Yu, Mark Mannis
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Case Reports

Infectious post-LASIK crystalline keratopathy caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria

Lênio Alvarenga et al. Cornea. 2002 May.

Abstract

Purpose: To report three cases of infectious crystalline keratopathy caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria after LASIK surgery.

Methods: Interventional case reports and literature review.

Results: Infectious keratitis with clinical features of crystalline keratopathy after LASIK is described. Culture revealed Mycobacterium chelonae from the corneal scrapings of the three patients, all of whom underwent medical and surgical (debridement) treatment.

Conclusions: Mycobacteria may cause infectious crystalline keratopathy after LASIK. The presence of crystalline keratopathy in patients that underwent LASIK must be considered an indicator of nontuberculous mycobacteria infection. Microbiologic work-up of a corneal specimen is required for the institution of appropriate therapy.

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