British Journal of Ophthalmology · 1951 · 28 citations · 4 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesOphthalmologyMedical MicrobiologyOcular DiseaseOcular PathologyBacterial Eye InfectionsCorneal DiseaseCorneal InfectionCorneal PathologyCorneal TraumaCorneal UlcerationCorneal Epithelial InfectionCorneal MicrobiologyForeign Body InflammationInfectious Corneal UlcerPeripheral Corneal UlcerationSurface Epithelium
CORNEAL ulcers of a very severe nature and recognizable clinical appearance are caused by infection with Bacillus pyocyaneus. Practically the only severe corneal ulcers (i.e., those involving loss of the eye, or states approaching this, within a day or so of admission) seen at the Moorfields Branch in the course of a year were due to this organism. The typical history is as follows:
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