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Nocardia infection following phacoemulsification

Author(s) -

NikhilS Gokhale,

Prashant Garg,

Camila Eleutério Rodrigues,

Suhas Haldipurkar

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

indian journal of ophthalmology

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1998-3689

pISSN - 0301-4738

DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.29498

Subject(s) - medicine , phacoemulsification , nocardia , surgery , complication , port (circuit theory) , ophthalmology , visual acuity , biology , bacteria , electrical engineering , genetics , engineering

Infection of a self-sealing tunnel incision is a rare but vision-threatening complication of cataract surgery. We describe two cases of side port infection following an uneventful phacoemulsification. Nocardia was isolated in one case. Both the cases were worsening on medical treatment and were successfully treated by therapeutic keratoplasty.

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