Nomi Norimasa, Morishige Naoyuki, Yamada Naoyuki, Chikama Tai-Ichiro, Nishida Teruo
Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Department of Ocular Pathophysiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov-Dec;52(6):440-443. doi: 10.1007/s10384-008-0537-7. Epub 2008 Dec 17.
We describe two severe cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) keratitis following Epi-LASIK surgery.
One patient was a 23-year-old man who underwent Epi-LASIK surgery in both eyes. He developed an infectious corneal ulcer in one eye 2 days after surgery and was referred to us 7 days post-surgery with corneal perforation, for which we performed therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty. The other patient was a 32-year-old man who developed infectious keratitis in one eye 4 days after bilateral Epi-LASIK and was referred to us 2 days later.
Microbial testing revealed MRSA infection as the cause of the keratitis in both patients which was successfully treated with vancomycin eyedrops.
Infectious keratitis after refractive surgery is uncommon; it is important to diagnose this condition, identify the causative agent, and initiate treatment with appropriate antibiotics as soon as possible.
我们描述了两例准分子激光上皮瓣下角膜磨镶术(Epi-LASIK)术后耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌(MRSA)角膜炎的严重病例。
一名23岁男性双眼接受了Epi-LASIK手术。术后2天,他一只眼睛出现感染性角膜溃疡,术后7天因角膜穿孔被转诊至我们医院,我们为其实施了治疗性穿透性角膜移植术。另一名患者是一名32岁男性,双眼Epi-LASIK术后4天,一只眼睛出现感染性角膜炎,2天后被转诊至我们医院。
微生物检测显示,两名患者的角膜炎病因均为MRSA感染,用万古霉素滴眼液治疗成功。
屈光手术后感染性角膜炎并不常见;尽早诊断这种情况、确定病原体并开始使用适当的抗生素进行治疗很重要。