Curvularia infection of corneoscleral tunnel

Corneoscleral tunnel infection is a potentially sight threatening complication of cataract surgery. Microbiological investigations are mandatory and early surgical intervention helps in achieving favourable outcomes. Fungal infection of tunnel incisions can pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challeng...

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Autores principales: Singh, Manisha, Dave, Abhishek, Gandhi, Arpan, Patel, Nikunj, Kapoor, Neha, Acharya, Manisha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6951147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31856534
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_424_19
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author Singh, Manisha
Dave, Abhishek
Gandhi, Arpan
Patel, Nikunj
Kapoor, Neha
Acharya, Manisha
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description Corneoscleral tunnel infection is a potentially sight threatening complication of cataract surgery. Microbiological investigations are mandatory and early surgical intervention helps in achieving favourable outcomes. Fungal infection of tunnel incisions can pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a case of post-operative tunnel infection with curvularia. Prompt surgical intervention and intensive topical therapy helped attain a good tectonic as well as visual recovery.
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spelling pubmed-69511472020-01-16 Curvularia infection of corneoscleral tunnel Singh, Manisha Dave, Abhishek Gandhi, Arpan Patel, Nikunj Kapoor, Neha Acharya, Manisha Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports Corneoscleral tunnel infection is a potentially sight threatening complication of cataract surgery. Microbiological investigations are mandatory and early surgical intervention helps in achieving favourable outcomes. Fungal infection of tunnel incisions can pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a case of post-operative tunnel infection with curvularia. Prompt surgical intervention and intensive topical therapy helped attain a good tectonic as well as visual recovery. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-01 2019-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6951147/ /pubmed/31856534 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_424_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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