Burkholderia cepacia: a rare cause of bacterial keratitis

• Main Authors: Mohtar Ibrahim, Yap, Jin Yi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27546/1/Burkholderia%20cepacia_%20a%20rare%20cause%20of%20bacterial%20keratitis%20ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27546/2/Burkholderia%20cepacia_%20a%20rare%20cause%20of%20bacterial%20keratitis%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27546/; https://casereports.bmj.com/content/casereports/2018/bcr-2018-224552.full.pdf?casa_token=epQeMwIDgDIAAAAA:adPetKlM138rLwfKn8lKLvbE6q-XZMVXfGumHdJ9_Je-044PyqAJDI006JxWg2soduyX-cTepNWH7Q

We describe the first clinical case of Burkholderia cepacia keratitis registered in Southeast Asia. A man in his mid-70s with underlying poorly controlled diabetes mellitus came with complaints of painful red left eye for 4 days. This was accompanied with photophobia and blurring of vision after bei...