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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.01798-09
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Corneal Graft Rejection Complicated by Paracoccus yeei Infection in a Patient with a Penetrating Keratoplasty

M. J. Kanis, J. J. Oosterheert, S. Lin, C. H. E. Boel, and M. B. Ekkelenkamp^*

Department of Ophtalmology, Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: m.ekkelenkamp{at}umcutrecht.nl.

A 68-year old man who had undergone two penetrating keratoplasties of his left eye was admitted with early corneal graft failure. Culture of the anterior chamber fluid yielded Paracoccus yeei, a non-fermentative Gram-negative bacillus which thus far had only been implicated in ocular disease by means of PCR and 16S rDNA sequencing directly on patient material.