[Non-clostridial anaerobes as a cause of post-traumatic keratitis]

Up to present nonclostridial anaerobes in the opal cavity were not regarded as a cause of inflammatory ophthalmic diseases. The present case with injury to the cornea inflicted with a tooth fragment was extremely difficult to diagnose, and keratitis, induced by oral cavity anaerobes, difficult to cure. Only subtotal perforating keratoplasty stopped the process and prevented the death of the eye.