Corneal graft rejection complicated by Paracoccus yeei infection in a patient who had undergone a penetrating keratoplasty

  • J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jan;48(1):323-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01798-09.
M J Kanis  1 ,  J J Oosterheert ,  S Lin ,  C H E Boel ,  M B Ekkelenkamp
Affiliations
  • 1. University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Opthalmology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
PMID: 19889897 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01798-09
Abstract

A 68-year-old man who had undergone two penetrating keratoplasties of his left eye was admitted with early corneal graft failure. Culture of the anterior chamber fluid yielded Paracoccus yeei, a nonfermentative gram-negative bacillus which thus far had only been implicated in ocular disease by means of PCR and 16S rRNA gene Sequencing directly on patient material.