Bilateral Peripheral Corneal Edema After Cefaclor Therapy
Abstract
Abstract Drug eruptions following therapy with antibiotics are commonly encountered in clinical practice. Many of these are considered secondary to circulating immune complexes (Gel and Coombs'1(p1351) type III hypersensitivity). I examined a patient who developed bilateral limbal hyperemia with peripheral corneal stromal and epithelial edema concurrent with a fever and rash after receiving oral cefaclor. Report of a Case. —A 45-year-old white man was referred to the Eye Institute,...