| Title | Transfer of bacterial infections by donor cornea in penetrating keratoplasty |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1979 |
| Authors | Khodadoust AA, Franklin RM |
| Journal | Am J Ophthalmol |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 130 - 2 |
| Date Published | Feb |
| ISSN | 0002-9394 (Print) 0002-9394 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 373448 |
| Keywords | *Corneal Transplantation, *Postoperative Complications, Adult, Endophthalmitis / *transmission, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pseudomonas Infections / *transmission, Transplantation, Homologous |
| Abstract | A 45-year-old man died of Hogdkin's disease complicated by peritonitis and possible septicemia. His corneas were used for transplant in a 26-year-old man with advanced keratoconus and a 42-year-old man with vascularized central leukoma of old herpetic keratitis. Both recipients developed a fulminating endophthalmitis with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We believe that the donor corneas, although clinically normal, were heavily infected, with signs of inflammation possibly suppressed by the Hodgkin's disease. |
| URL | internal-pdf://Khodadoust - Transfer bacterial infections-1200474624/Khodadoust - Transfer bacterial infections.pdf |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 794 |
Transfer of bacterial infections by donor cornea in penetrating keratoplasty
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