Kingella kingaeKeratitis in a Child with Underlying Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis

Abstract

Kingella kingaehad rarely been reported as a causative organism for corneal ulcer and had not been described before in vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Generally regarded as commensals of respiratory tract particularly in young children, it had however been isolated from the corneal ulcer scraping of both adult and children. We report a case of bacterial ulcer with isolation ofKingella kingaefrom the corneal scraping in a young child with underlying VKC.