Branhamella keratitis

Br J Ophthalmol. 1980 Dec;64(12):892-5. doi: 10.1136/bjo.64.12.892.

Abstract

Three cases of suppurative keratitis caused by Branhamella catarrhalis are described. Each presented as a localised stromal infiltrate in a previously scarred cornea. The condition responded to penicillin G and to gentamicin treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Infections* / drug therapy
  • Child
  • Female
  • Gentamicins / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Keratitis / drug therapy
  • Keratitis / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neisseriaceae
  • Penicillin G / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Gentamicins
  • Penicillin G