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Therapieresistente purulente Konjunktivitis

Therapy-resistant purulent keratoconjunctivitis

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Die Ursachen einer Keratokonjunktivitis können sowohl infektiöser als auch nichtinfektiöser Genese sein. Wir stellen eine 79-jährige Patientin mit beidseits massiv purulenter therapieresistenter Keratokonjunktivitis vor, die außerdem an einer durch eine unspezifische Kollagenose verursachten schweren Siccasymptomatik leidet. Über Jahre konnte der Patientin weder mit antibiotischer noch benetzender Lokaltherapie Linderung verschafft werden, sodass bereits Hornhautnarben entstanden. Als Ursache stellten sich nach langer Fokussuche und Keimnachweis (Stenotrophomonas maltophilia) jeweils 2 übereinander liegende, fast völlig zerfallene therapeutische Kontaktlinsen heraus. Nach deren Entfernen und unter Therapie mit Cotrimoxazol kam es schnell zu einer Besserung und schließlich zum Verschwinden der Symptomatik.

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The cause of keratoconjunctivitis could be either infectious or non-infectious in etiology. The case of a 79-year-old female patient with chronic, purulent bilateral keratoconjunctivitis which was totally resistant to therapy is presented. The patient also suffered from non-specific collagenosis resulting in severe Sicca symptoms. Over the years none of the many antibiotic or lubricant therapies that were administered could alleviate the symptoms and corneal scars resulted. After a long search the focus was localized. On everting the eyelids a pair of nearly fully decomposed therapeutic contact lenses adhering to each other were found and removed from both eyes. The pathogenic agent was identified as Stenotrophomonas maltophilia which was successfully treated by cotrimoxazol eye drops and immediately caused a dramatic improvement and total relief of the symptoms.

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Karimdadian, D., Feltgen, N. & Hoerauf, H. Therapieresistente purulente Konjunktivitis. Ophthalmologe 109, 283–285 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00347-011-2469-8

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