Hafnia Alvei Keratitis after Using a Therapeutic Contact Lens in a Patient with Graft-Versus-Host Disease.

Park, Sang Uk; Lee, Seung Jun; Lee, Seung Chan

doi:2012.53.8.1163

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 53(8); 2012 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2012;53(8):1163-1166.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2012.53.8.1163 Published online August 15, 2012.

Hafnia Alvei Keratitis after Using a Therapeutic Contact Lens in a Patient with Graft-Versus-Host Disease.

Sang Uk Park, Seung Jun Lee, Seung Chan Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. uncontrolled@medimail.co.kr

이식편대숙주질환 환자에서 치료용콘택트렌즈 착용 후 발생한 하프니아 알베이에 의한 각막염 1예

박상욱⋅이승준⋅이승찬

Department of Ophthalmology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report a case of bacterial keratitis caused by Hafnia alvei after using a contact lens in a patient with graft-versus-host disease. CASE SUMMARY: A 47-year-old male patient presented with a corneal ulcer. The patient had been wearing a therapeutic contact lens for a month because of severe dry eye syndrome and filament removal due to filamentary keratitis. The patient had been taking moxifloxacin to prevent infection, but had not for the previous 7 days. The corneal ulcer occurred at the 11 o'clock direction in the peripheral cornea accompanied by corneal epithelial defect and stromal infiltration. The corneal scraping and culture yielded Hafnia alvei, which is susceptible to ceftazidime, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin. There was no systemic signs or symptoms to suspect systemic infection. After treatment with a topical antibiotic agent, the patient's eye condition improved with only mild corneal opacity remaining. CONCLUSIONS: Hafnia alvei infection rarely occurs in humans but should be considered as a potential causal pathogen in immunosuppressed patients.

Key Words: Contact lens;Graft-versus-host disease;Hafnia alvei