Streptococcus Mitis Keratitis: A Case Report

Year 2024, , 98 - 101, 21.06.2024

Bora Yüksel , Tuncay Küsbeci , Ibrahim Azimli

https://doi.org/10.57221/izmirtip.1438773

Abstract

66-years old female patient applied to our hospital’s emergency service with the
complaint of an olive tree branch hitting her right eye. She had conjunctival hyperaemia,
discharge, decreased vision and pain on her eye. In the ophthalmologic examination, visual
acuity was measured as 0.1 on the right and 0.7 on the left eye. Biomicroscopic examination
revealed a large, yellow-white keratitis center on superior cornea, hypopyon and an epithelial
erosion which extended up to superior limbus. Ocular ultrasonography was normal. Corneal
scraping sampling was made for direct microscopic examination and culture to determine the
etiological agent.

Keywords

Streptococcus mitis, bacterial keratitis, vancomycine.

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