@article {283,
	title = {Endophthalmitis from contaminated donor corneas following penetrating keratoplasty},
	journal = {Arch Ophthalmol},
	volume = {109},
	year = {1991},
	note = {Cameron, J A Antonios, S R Cotter, J B Habash, N R Case Reports United states Archives of ophthalmology Arch Ophthalmol. 1991 Jan;109(1):54-9.},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {54 - 9},
	edition = {33239},
	abstract = {We encountered six (0.2\%) cases of endophthalmitis resulting from contaminated donor corneas between January 1983 and July 1990 following a total of 3000 consecutive penetrating keratoplasties. Causative organisms in the three cases of fungal endophthalmitis were Torulopsis glabrata, Candida albicans, and Aspergillus flavus; the three cases of bacterial endophthalmitis were due to Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecalis. All organisms were resistant to gentamicin in the preservation media. A significantly higher incidence of endophthalmitis was noted in patients receiving corneas from a Sri Lankan eye bank (1.25\%) than in those receiving US eye bank tissue (0.14\%). Donor rim cultures are important to identify those patients at increased risk of developing endophthalmitis, enabling earlier diagnosis and more specific treatment should endophthalmitis occur.},
	keywords = {*Tissue Donors, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bacteria / drug effects, Cornea / microbiology, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Endophthalmitis / *etiology / pathology, Eye Banks, Eye Infections, Bacterial / *etiology / pathology, Eye Infections, Fungal / *etiology / pathology, Female, Fungi / drug effects, Gentamicins / pharmacology, Humans, Keratoplasty, Penetrating / *adverse effects, Male, Middle Aged},
	issn = {0003-9950 (Print) 0003-9950 (Linking)},
	url = {internal-pdf://Cameron - Endophthlamitis-0581679872/Cameron - Endophthlamitis.pdf},
	author = {Cameron,J. A. and Antonios,S. R. and Cotter,J. B. and Habash,N. R.}
}
