Endogenous nocardial endophthalmitis in an immunosuppressed patient: A serious warning of an underlying life threatening and blinding disorder

Endogenous nocardial endophthalmitis in an immunosuppressed patient: A serious warning of an underlying life threatening and blinding disorder

Purpose: To report a case of bilateral endogenous nocardial endophthalmitis with central nervous system involvement in an immunocompromised individual with an extremely poor outcome. Case Report: A 35-year-old man with a history of long-term, prescribed oral steroid use for membranoproliferative glo...

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Main Authors: Hemant Trehan, Jaya Kaushik, Vaibhav Kumar Jain, Jitendra Kumar Singh Parihar, Abhijit Avasthi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Knowledge E 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research
Subjects:
Ahmed Glaucoma Valve; Bilateral Endogenous Nocardial Endophthalmitis; Brain Abscess; Glomerulonephritis; Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis; Ocular Nocardiosis
Online Access:http://www.jovr.org/article.asp?issn=2008-322X;year=2017;volume=12;issue=1;spage=113;epage=116;aulast=Trehan

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