Mallick Pauline
Cairns Base Hospital, 165 The Esplanade, Cairns City, QLD, 4870, Australia.
Trop Med Health. 2022 Sep 5;50(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00452-1.
To report a rare case of microbial keratitis caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (C. flaccumfaciens) infection.
A 24-year-old male presented with pain and redness of the eye following ocular exposure to banana bell sap. He was diagnosed with infectious keratitis and underwent corneal scraping. Subsequent culture and molecular analysis identified the causative organism as C. flaccumfaciens. Keratitis clinically resolved following several weeks of topical therapy with ciprofloxacin 0.3%.
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens is a rare and likely underdiagnosed cause of bacterial keratitis. This report provides further evidence of its pathogenic role in not only plants, but also the human cornea, especially in the tropics.
报告一例罕见的由萎缩短杆菌（C. flaccumfaciens）感染引起的微生物性角膜炎病例。
一名24岁男性在眼部接触香蕉铃汁液后出现眼痛和眼红。他被诊断为感染性角膜炎并接受了角膜刮片检查。随后的培养和分子分析确定病原体为萎缩短杆菌。经0.3%环丙沙星局部治疗数周后，角膜炎临床症状消退。
萎缩短杆菌是细菌性角膜炎的一种罕见且可能未被充分诊断的病因。本报告进一步证明了其不仅在植物中，而且在人类角膜中，特别是在热带地区的致病作用。
