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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;28(5):367-8.
doi: 10.1007/s10792-007-9139-5. Epub 2007 Sep 9.

Microbial keratitis in a case of lamellar ichthyosis

Sunita Chaurasia  1 , Sujata Das, Balasubramanya Ramamurthy
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Case Reports

Microbial keratitis in a case of lamellar ichthyosis

Sunita Chaurasia et al. Int Ophthalmol. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

We report a case of microbial keratitis in a patient with lamellar ichthyosis. An 11-year-old boy, a known case of lamellar ichthyosis, presented with microbial keratitis. Microbiological evaluation of corneal scraping revealed a mixed infection caused by gram-negative bacilli and gram-positive cocci. He was treated with topical ciprofloxacin and fortified cefazolin eyedrops. Microbial keratitis in patients with lamellar ichthyosis has a poor prognosis.

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