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Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae keratitis

J Wilkins1, J P Whitcher, T P Margolis

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0944, USA.

Cornea
|January 1, 1996
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Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae is emerging as an ocular pathogen. A case of S. pneumoniae keratitis resistant to penicillin was observed in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiology

Background:

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae is typically sensitive to penicillin.
  • Recent non-ophthalmic literature suggests increasing penicillin resistance in pneumococci.
  • Ocular infections caused by penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae are rare.