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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 383-385 |
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Postkeratoplasty keratitis caused by Abiotrophia defectiva: An unusual cause of graft infection
Guru Prasad Manderwad1, Somasheila I Murthy2, Swapna Reddy Motukupally1
1 Jhaveri Microbiology Center, Professor Brien Holden Eye Research Center, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2 L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Banjara Hils, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Somasheila I Murthy
Cornea and Anterior segment Services, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad - 500 034, Telangana
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.150631
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Abiotrophia defectiva is a nutritional variant of Streptococci. We describe a case of microbial keratitis due to A. defectiva in a patient who had undergone penetrating keratoplasty and was on corticosteroid therapy for recent graft rejection. Isolation of this organism confirmed this to be an opportunistic infection. |
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