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Risk factors, clinical features and outcomes of Neisseria keratitis
Anahita Kate1, Bhupesh Bagga2, Khuraman Ramazanova1
1The Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Objective:
To describe the clinical features, risk factors and outcomes of Neisseria keratitis.
Methods:
This is a retrospective observational study wherein medical records of cases with microbiologically proven Neisseria keratitis were reviewed. Data pertaining to the underlying predisposing factors, clinical characteristics of the corneal ulcer, antibiotic susceptibility of the Neisseria species isolate from the corneal scraping, the treatment given, and outcomes were collected and analyzed.
Results:
Medical records of 60 patients (60 eyes) with Neisseria keratitis were reviewed. Among the causes of poor ocular surface as predisposing factor, vernal keratoconjunctivitis (n = 6 eyes), along with use of topical corticosteroids (n = 18 eyes) was the most common. The ulcer was characterized by a central infiltrate (31/60, 51.7%) involving up to the mid-stroma (43/60, 71.7%). Of the forty-four (73.3%) eyes with pure Neisseria keratitis, 31 eyes (72.1%) resolved with medical therapy alone while five eyes (11.6%) underwent therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty and in two (4.6%) eyes evisceration was performed. The other 5/44 (11.6%) patients were lost to follow-up. Resolution with medical therapy was found to be similar in cases with pure infection and mixed infection (p = 0.58).
Conclusions:
Neisseria keratitis most commonly causes a mild form of keratitis and is often associated with the poor ocular surface or prior steroid use. In most cases medical therapy is sufficient for complete resolution of the keratitis.
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