Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis
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...
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| author | Salim, Nurul Laila Chai, Khai Siang Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Ismail, Shatriah |
| author_facet | Salim, Nurul Laila Chai, Khai Siang Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Ismail, Shatriah |
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| description | 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 scraping of both adult and children.We report a case of bacterial ulcer with isolation of Kingella
kingae from the corneal scraping in a young child with underlying VKC. |
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| spelling | usm-370272017-10-11T01:43:28Z http://eprints.usm.my/37027/ Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis Salim, Nurul Laila Chai, Khai Siang Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Ismail, Shatriah RE Ophthalmology 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 scraping of both adult and children.We report a case of bacterial ulcer with isolation of Kingella kingae from the corneal scraping in a young child with underlying VKC. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/37027/1/%28Kingella_kingae_Keratitis%29__1087821.pdf Salim, Nurul Laila and Chai, Khai Siang and Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini and Ismail, Shatriah (2017) Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis. Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2017 (108782). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2090-6722 https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1087821 |
| spellingShingle | RE Ophthalmology Salim, Nurul Laila Chai, Khai Siang Ahmad Tajudin, Liza Sharmini Ismail, Shatriah Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis |
| title | Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying
Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis |
| title_full | Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying
Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis |
| title_fullStr | Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying
Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying
Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis |
| title_short | Kingella kingae Keratitis in a Child with Underlying
Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis |
| title_sort | kingella kingae keratitis in a child with underlying
vernal keratoconjunctivitis |
| topic | RE Ophthalmology |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/37027/ http://eprints.usm.my/37027/ http://eprints.usm.my/37027/1/%28Kingella_kingae_Keratitis%29__1087821.pdf |