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Bacterial keratitis after nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery.

Mendrinos E, Dreifuss S, Dosso A, Baglivo E, Shaarawy T

Department of Ophthalmology, Geneva University Hospitals, 22 rue Alcide Jentzer, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.

A 68-year-old woman had uneventful deep sclerectomy with a collagen implant in the left eye that was complicated by infectious keratitis 2 weeks later. Corneal scraping revealed the presence of Staphylococcus aureus. The patient responded to topical antibiotic treatment, and the corneal infiltration resolved, leaving a corneal scar. Bacterial keratitis may occur after nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery and should be included in the list of early postoperative complications.

Published 25 March 2008 in J Cataract Refract Surg, 34(4): 707-9.
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