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Case Reports
. 1988 Apr 15;105(4):361-5.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(88)90298-x.

Microbial keratitis associated with contaminated ocular medications

O D Schein  1 , P J Wasson, S A Boruchoff, K R Kenyon
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Microbial keratitis associated with contaminated ocular medications

O D Schein et al. Am J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

We studied seven cases of severe gram-negative microbial keratitis associated with the use of contaminated topical ocular medications. Five cases involved Pseudomonas aeruginosa, one involved Serratia marcescens, and one involved Proteus mirabilis. In each case the same organism was cultured from corneal scrapings and from the medication. Either prednisolone acetate (one case) or timolol maleate (seven cases) was implicated in all instances.

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