A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis

We present the case of a patient with an infection by Nocardia which manifested itself with monocular endophthalmitis. Nocardia infection is not common and ocular involvement is one of the most uncommon presentations. In these cases it is very important to make an early diagnosis and intensive treat...

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Autores principales: Navarrete-Navarrete, N., Escobar Sevilla, J., Toribio García, M., Urbano, F., Sabio, J. M., Jiménez-Alonso, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/607421
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Sumario:We present the case of a patient with an infection by Nocardia which manifested itself with monocular endophthalmitis. Nocardia infection is not common and ocular involvement is one of the most uncommon presentations. In these cases it is very important to make an early diagnosis and intensive treatment to prevent the visual prognosis.

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