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Serratia liquefaciens Causing Severe Ocular Damage in Noncontact Lens Wearer

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EYE & CONTACT LENS-SCIENCE AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages S320-S321

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000295

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Serratia; Corneal ulcer; Orbital cellulitis; Corneal perforation

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Serratia liquefaciens is a rarely encountered gram-negative organism in ophthalmology practice. The only reported ocular infections are from contamination of contact lenses. The authors report the first case of a patient who developed orbital cellulitis secondary to severe S. liquefaciens microbial keratitis.

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