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First report of Tsukamurella keratitis: association between T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis and ophthalmologic infections.

ABSTRACT: We describe the first two cases of Tsukamurella keratitis, presented as eye pain with or without blurring of vision. One case was associated with trichiasis and the other with contact lens wear. The two isolates were identified as T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis, respectively, by phenotypic characterization and 16S rRNA sequencing.

SUBMITTER: Woo PC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2691093 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First report of Tsukamurella keratitis: association between T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis and ophthalmologic infections.

Woo Patrick C Y PC Fong Angie H C AH Ngan Antonio H Y AH Tam Dorothy M W DM Teng Jade L L JL Lau Susanna K P SK Yuen Kwok-Yung KY

Journal of clinical microbiology 20090415 6

We describe the first two cases of Tsukamurella keratitis, presented as eye pain with or without blurring of vision. One case was associated with trichiasis and the other with contact lens wear. The two isolates were identified as T. tyrosinosolvens and T. pulmonis, respectively, by phenotypic characterization and 16S rRNA sequencing. ...[more]

PMID: 19369436

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