Vitamin A deficiency presenting with microbial keratitis in two patients in the UK.

The article presents two cases of vitamin A deficiency presenting with microbial keratitis in Great Britain. The first one is that of a 10-year-old Afro-Caribbean boy suffering from an irritating left eye with epiphora. The disease didn't respond to chloramphenicol drops given by the doctor. The second case was that of a 46-year-old lady suffering from a red and itchy left eye. She was said to have a left bacterial keratitis and a large right sterile corneal epithelial defect.