Abstract
Three consecutive workers from the same foundry had Mycobacterium massiliense keratitis. The strains isolated from each patient were identical. This is the first report of a non-surgery-related outbreak of non-tuberculous mycobacterial ocular infection. An investigation revealed that injured cornea with exposure to aerosolized non-tuberculous mycobacteria might account for this outbreak.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 386.e5-386.e8 |
Journal | Clinical Microbiology and Infection |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Apr 2016 |
Keywords
- Atypical mycobacteria
- Infectious keratitis
- Microbial keratitis
- Mycobacterium massiliense
- Non-tuberculous mycobacteria
- Ocular infection