PMID: 6399232Jan 1, 1984Paper

Donor-to-host transmission of streptococcal infection by corneas stored in McCarey-Kaufman medium

Cornea
A MatobaJ P McCulley

Abstract

Two patients developed streptococcal endophthalmitis following penetrating keratoplasty. These cases may represent the third and fourth cases of donor-to-host transmission of streptococcal infection by corneas stored in McCarey-Kaufman (M-K) medium. Streptococcal agents now account for 50-59% of the total number of reported cases of M-K medium contamination by donor tissue with resultant infection in the host. Gentamicin sulfate, the sole antibiotic used in the M-K medium in all cases, has poor activity against most streptococci. The addition of a second antibiotic to the M-K medium to provide an improved spectrum of antimicrobial activity should be considered.

Citations

Jan 1, 1986·Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Für Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie·M NandaW R Green
Apr 15, 1989·American Journal of Ophthalmology·D G HeidemannM Haimann
Mar 15, 1993·American Journal of Ophthalmology·D G HwangT M Smith

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