Antibiograms, serotypes, and plasmid profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with corneal ulcers and contact lens wear.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 24 ·No. 3 ·1986-09-00 ·Pages 372-6

Mayo MS, Cook WL, Schlitzer RL, Ward MA, Wilson LA, Ahearn DG

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from the corneal scrapings of 11 of 14 patients with gram-negative corneal ulcers and from salt tablet-prepared saline solutions from 6 of these patients wearing soft contact lenses. Comparison of physiological properties, antibiograms, serotypes, and plasmid profiles for five of the patients indicated that the isolates from the ulcer and the saline solution of a given patients were of the same strain. Improper hygienic practices of contact lens wearers appeared to be a major factor in the epidemiology of pseudomonad corneal ulcers.

MeSH Terms

Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Child Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic/adverse effects Corneal Ulcer/microbiology DNA, Bacterial/analysis Electrophoresis, Agar Gel Female Humans Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microscopy, Electron Plasmids Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology Pseudomonas aeruginosa/classification,genetics,isolation & purification,ultrastructure Serotyping

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents DNA, Bacterial

Authors & Affiliations

6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Mayo M S

Cook W L

Schlitzer R L

Ward M A

Wilson L A

Ahearn D G

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.24.3.372-376.1986

Published

1986-09-00

Pages

372-6

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC268916

Subset

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