Brucella-keratokonjunktivitis
| dc.contributor.author | Van Rooyen, M. M. B. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-18T14:57:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-03-18T14:57:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1981 | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Van Rooyen, M. M. B. 1981. Brucella-keratokonjunktivitis. South African Medical Journal, 60:206-207. | |
| dc.description.abstract | A case is described in which the rubber cap of a vial containing Brucella abortus vaccine came off accidentally and some of the contents splashed in the eyes of a veterinarian. A uni-ocular keratoconjunctivitis developed. The other eye was similarly affected 1 week later. Brucella tests were negative. Two months later the Br. abortus titre was 1/640 and the Br. melitensis titre 1/320. Systemic treatment with tetracyclines, co-trimoxazole and streptomycin and local treatment with chloramphenicol and atropine had no effect. Two attacks of acute keratoconjunctivitis subsequently occurred within hours of handling Brucella vaccine. In the right eye a corneal abscess developed, as well as uveitis and cataract. Extracapsular lens extraction was performed. Panophthalmitis followed and the eye was enucleated. The literature is reviewed and the possibility of a Brucella keratoconjunctivitis indistinguishable from viral keratoconjunctivitis is discussed. | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher’s version | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5135 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0256-9574 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7634 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Health & Medical Publishing Group | |
| dc.rights.holder | South African Medical Journal | |
| dc.subject | Eye -- Diseases | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Brucella-keratokonjunktivitis | af_ZA |
| dc.title.alternative | Brucella keratoconjunctivitis | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article |
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