Ocular Infection Caused by a Biological Insecticide

A healthy 18-year-old farmer splashed a solution of the biological insecticide Dipel)(Bacillus thuringiensis ; Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill) i n his right eye. While being treated with antibiotic and steroid ointments, a corneal ulcer developed. The authors saw the patient 10 days after t...

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Published in:The Journal of infectious diseases 1983-09, Vol.148 (3), p.614-614
Main Authors: Samples, John R., Buettner, Helmut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Bacillus thuringiensis
Bacillus thuringiensis - isolation & purification
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the eye and orbit
Bacterial Infections - diagnosis
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Brief
Corneal ulcer
Corneal Ulcer - etiology
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Insecticides
Male
Medical sciences
Pest Control, Biological
Slavic culture
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Summary:A healthy 18-year-old farmer splashed a solution of the biological insecticide Dipel)(Bacillus thuringiensis ; Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill) i n his right eye. While being treated with antibiotic and steroid ointments, a corneal ulcer developed. The authors saw the patient 10 days after the accident and injected 20 mg of gentamicin and 25 mg of cephazolin subconjunctivally in the right eye. The ulcer was treated with topical gentamicin ointment and healed within 2 weeks. It is believed that this case of a corneal ulcer is the first reported occurrence of an infectious disease in a human caused by B. thuringiensis .
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/148.3.614