Fulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum

Empar Sanz-Marco1, Manuel Diaz-Llopis1&ndash;3, Maria J Lopez-Prats1, Salvador Garcia-Delpech1,4, Patricia Udaondo11Ophthalmology, La Fe University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 3Biomedical Research Center for Rare Disea...

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Autores principales:	Empar Sanz-Marco, Manuel Diaz-Llopis, Maria J Lopez-Prats, et al
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4221b6c005564385ba8afb419d3b4c492021-12-02T05:49:07ZFulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/4221b6c005564385ba8afb419d3b4c492011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/fulminant-bilateral-haemophilus-influenzae-keratitis-in-a-patient-with-a6039https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Empar Sanz-Marco1, Manuel Diaz-Llopis1&ndash;3, Maria J Lopez-Prats1, Salvador Garcia-Delpech1,4, Patricia Udaondo11Ophthalmology, La Fe University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 3Biomedical Research Center for Rare Diseases Network (CIBERER), Valencia, Spain; 4Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainAbstract: We report on a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with autologous serum (AS) who had bilateral infectious ulcers positive for Haemophilus influenzae. The patient suffered a perforation of his right eye and total healing of his left eye with a residual leukoma. In cases of severe malnutrition, serum levels of vitamins and bacteriostatic and growth factors are reduced, so AS would not only be ineffective but also increase the risk of secondary corneal infection. The prophylactic use of a topical antibiotic would be useful in treatment with AS, especially in patients who do not use and adequately store the eye drops, as in our patient.Keywords: Haemophilus influenzae, hypovitaminosis A, bilateral infectious ulcers Empar Sanz-MarcoManuel Diaz-LlopisMaria J Lopez-Pratset alDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 71-73 (2011)
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spellingShingle	Ophthalmology RE1-994 Empar Sanz-Marco Manuel Diaz-Llopis Maria J Lopez-Prats et al Fulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum
description	Empar Sanz-Marco1, Manuel Diaz-Llopis1&ndash;3, Maria J Lopez-Prats1, Salvador Garcia-Delpech1,4, Patricia Udaondo11Ophthalmology, La Fe University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; 3Biomedical Research Center for Rare Diseases Network (CIBERER), Valencia, Spain; 4Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainAbstract: We report on a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with autologous serum (AS) who had bilateral infectious ulcers positive for Haemophilus influenzae. The patient suffered a perforation of his right eye and total healing of his left eye with a residual leukoma. In cases of severe malnutrition, serum levels of vitamins and bacteriostatic and growth factors are reduced, so AS would not only be ineffective but also increase the risk of secondary corneal infection. The prophylactic use of a topical antibiotic would be useful in treatment with AS, especially in patients who do not use and adequately store the eye drops, as in our patient.Keywords: Haemophilus influenzae, hypovitaminosis A, bilateral infectious ulcers
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author	Empar Sanz-Marco Manuel Diaz-Llopis Maria J Lopez-Prats et al
author_facet	Empar Sanz-Marco Manuel Diaz-Llopis Maria J Lopez-Prats et al
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title	Fulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum
title_short	Fulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum
title_full	Fulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum
title_fullStr	Fulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum
title_full_unstemmed	Fulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum
title_sort	fulminant bilateral haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis a treated with contaminated autologous serum
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2011
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Fulminant bilateral Haemophilus influenzae keratitis in a patient with hypovitaminosis A treated with contaminated autologous serum

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