Chief & Presenting Author: Dr.Sangeetha Sukumar

Co Author(s): Dr.Prajna N.V., Dr.Dhanya Kuppuraj

Abstract

A 34-year-old female, a known case of dry eye, presented with pain, redness and discharge in right eye for two days. There was no history of exposure to cats or dogs. Uncorrected visual acuity in right eye was 6/36. On examination, there was an epithelial defect measuring 4×3mm with 4×3mm stromal infiltrate involving 20 percent depth in the cornea of right eye. Gram staining of corneal scrapping revealed gram-negative bacilli and blood agar culture revealed Pasteurella canis. Treatment with hourly administration of moxifloxacin eye drops along with lubricants, resulted in complete scarring in 20 days . Pasteurella canis is a facultative anaerobe commonly found in the oral flora of domestic dogs and cats but not in humans. To date, only one documented case of Pasteurella canis keratitis exists in the literature.