A cluster of Mycobacterium massiliense keratitis in foundry workers

Jia-Horung Hung; T. C. Chang; J. J. Wu; C. C. Lai; Fu-Chin Huang; Y. H. Huang

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2015.12.014

A cluster of Mycobacterium massiliense keratitis in foundry workers

Jia-Horung Hung, T. C. Chang, J. J. Wu, C. C. Lai, Fu-Chin Huang, Y. H. Huang

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Abstract

Three consecutive workers from the same foundry had Mycobacterium massiliense keratitis. The strains isolated from each patient were identical. This is the first report of a non-surgery-related outbreak of non-tuberculous mycobacterial ocular infection. An investigation revealed that injured cornea with exposure to aerosolized non-tuberculous mycobacteria might account for this outbreak.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	386.e5-386.e8
Journal	Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2015.12.014
Publication status	Published - 2016 Apr 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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