A case of amniotic membrane transplantation in non-healing Nocardia asteroides keratitis

A patient with severe non-healing microscopically proven Nocardia keratitis was treated with maximal topical amikacin followed by amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) 2 months later (single-layer epithelial side-down). Epithelial healing was achieved, but neovascularization continued. This case r...

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Autores principales: Rahimi, Firoozeh, Aghsaie Fard, Masood, Soltani Mogaddam, Reza
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Humana Press Inc 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20072646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12177-009-9019-5
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author Rahimi, Firoozeh
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description A patient with severe non-healing microscopically proven Nocardia keratitis was treated with maximal topical amikacin followed by amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) 2 months later (single-layer epithelial side-down). Epithelial healing was achieved, but neovascularization continued. This case report indicates that AMT combined with topical antibiotic provides pain relief and allows epithelial healing in severe Nocardia keratitis.
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spelling pubmed-28025052010-01-12 A case of amniotic membrane transplantation in non-healing Nocardia asteroides keratitis Rahimi, Firoozeh Aghsaie Fard, Masood Soltani Mogaddam, Reza J Ocul Biol Dis Infor Article A patient with severe non-healing microscopically proven Nocardia keratitis was treated with maximal topical amikacin followed by amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT) 2 months later (single-layer epithelial side-down). Epithelial healing was achieved, but neovascularization continued. This case report indicates that AMT combined with topical antibiotic provides pain relief and allows epithelial healing in severe Nocardia keratitis. Humana Press Inc 2009-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC2802505/ /pubmed/20072646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12177-009-9019-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2009 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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title A case of amniotic membrane transplantation in non-healing Nocardia asteroides keratitis
title_full A case of amniotic membrane transplantation in non-healing Nocardia asteroides keratitis
title_fullStr A case of amniotic membrane transplantation in non-healing Nocardia asteroides keratitis
title_full_unstemmed A case of amniotic membrane transplantation in non-healing Nocardia asteroides keratitis
title_short A case of amniotic membrane transplantation in non-healing Nocardia asteroides keratitis
title_sort case of amniotic membrane transplantation in non-healing nocardia asteroides keratitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20072646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12177-009-9019-5
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