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REPORT OF THREE CASES

ALFRED J. ELLIOT, M.D.; WEBB P. CHAMBERLAIN, Jr., M.D.; ISADORE GIVNER, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1941;25(2):280-293.

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The presence of a gram-negative diplobacillus in corneal ulceration having the characteristics described by Petit¹ in 1899 has been reported frequently in the European literature. In America, however, either the occurrence of this organism is very infrequent or its bacteriologic differentiation from the diplobacillus of Morax-Axenfeld has not been made or cases have not been reported. This report is presented because 3 cases were observed within a short time, and in 2 of the cases the corneas were obtained for histologic examination.

REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Studies of diplobacillary keratitis have been made by several observers,² but differentiation was not made between the diplobacillus of Morax-Axenfeld and that of Petit. It has been pointed out by Gifford³ that the differentiation between the diplobacillus of Petit and that of Morax-Axenfeld could be made only by study of cultures. However, Rosenhauch,⁴ Oreste,⁵ Zade⁶ and Wirtz⁷ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Research, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

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