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Br J Ophthalmol 2003;87:798-799 doi:10.1136/bjo.87.6.798
  • Letter

Corneal endothelial deposits secondary to rifabutin prophylaxis for Mycobacterium avium complex bacteraemia

  1. B Golchin,
  2. K McClellan
  1. Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, PO Box 1614, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia
  1. Correspondence to: Kathleen McClellan, Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, PO Box 1614, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia; kathy{at}eye.usyd.edu.au
  • Accepted 30 November 2002

We report a case of corneal endothelial deposits in a patient positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had received rifabutin prophylaxis for Mycobacterium avium complex bacteraemia.

Case report

A 50 year old man was referred to the corneal clinic with bilateral scattered endothelial deposits. He was asymptomatic at the time of presentation.

His history indicated that he had been HIV positive since 1992 and had been commenced on treatment in 1995. Since then he had suffered from tuberculosis and pneumonia but there was no history of any eye problems.

His systemic health was currently …

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