Nocardia asteroides endophthalmitis
- VernacularTitle:星形诺卡氏菌眼内炎
- Author:
Wu LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Endophthalmitis;
Eye injuries;
Bacterial infection
- From:
Ophthalmology in China
1993;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Nocardia asteroides endophthalmitis is a rare and severe intraocular bacterial infection.In this paper we present the first reported ease in China,to our knowledge,of chronic suppurative endophthalmitis caused by Nocardia asteroides after ocular perforative trauma.Cases of exogenous Nocardia endophthalmitis in foreign literature are reviewed,and the clinical characteristics,diagnosis,treatment,as well as prognosis of exogenous Nocardia endophthalmitis, are extensively discussed.
