Deep stromal mycobacterial keratitis: viable bacteria after six months of treatment: case report and literature review Ceratite estromal profunda por micobactéria: bactéria viável após seis meses de tratamento: relato de caso e revisão da literatura

Deep stromal mycobacterial keratitis: viable bacteria after six months of treatment: case report and literature review Ceratite estromal profunda por micobactéria: bactéria viável após seis meses de tratamento: relato de caso e revisão da literatura

To report the presence of viable mycobacteria in a patient with keratitis treated for 6 months. Species identification was performed using the PRA method (polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction endonuclease analysis). Clonality was evaluated with RAPD (randomly amplified polymorphic DNA)...

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Main Authors: Filipe Accioly de Gusmão, Lênio Alvarenga, Luciene Barbosa, Jorge Sampaio, Sylvia Cardoso Leão, Ana Luisa Hofling-Lima, Denise de Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2005-08-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
Subjects:
Corpos estranhos no olho
Ceratite
Córnea
Infecções oculares bacterianas
Micobactérias atípicas
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Mycobacterium chelonae
Relato de caso
Eye foreign bodies
Keratitis
Cornea
Eye infections, bacterial
Mycobacteria, atypical
Case report
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