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Margaret DiGaetano, MD; Stuart F. Ball, MD; Jeffrey G. Straus, MD
New Orleans

Arch Ophthalmol. 1989;107(3):323-324.

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To the Editor.

—Vibrio vulnificus is a halophilic, pleomorphic, gram-negative rod that is ubiquitous in marine waters. Most V vulnificus infections occur in coastal states during the warm months in association with the ingestion or handling of shellfish.¹ Although reported cases of serious wound infection and potentially fatal septicemia caused by V vulnificus are abundant,² to our knowledge, this organism has been unreported in the ophthalmic literature and only a single corneal isolate has been identified previously by the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta.³

Report of Cases.

—CASE 1.

—A 21-year-old man with an irritated right eye was seen one day after he was employed shucking oysters. The uncorrected visual acuity was 20/40 OD and 20/20 OS. The right eye showed a 3-mm corneal ulcer and a 5% to 10% hypopyon. Every 30 minutes, the eye was treated topically with gentamicin sulfate (9.1 mg/mL), cefazolin . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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