Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

• Main Authors: Salim, Nurul Laila, Chai, Khai Siang, Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini, Ismail, Shatriah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
• Subjects: RE Ophthalmology
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/37027/1/%28Kingella_kingae_Keratitis%29__1087821.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/37027/; https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1087821

Kingella kingae had rarely been reported as a causative organism for corneal ulcer and had not been described before in vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Generally regarded as commensals of respiratory tract particularly in young children, it had however been isolated fromthe corneal ulcer scrapi...