Nocardia infection following phacoemulsification.
Infection of a self-sealing tunnel incision is a rare but vision-threatening complication of cataract surgery. We describe two cases of side port infection following an uneventful phacoemulsification. Nocardia was isolated in one case. Both the cases were worsening on medical treatment and were successfully treated by therapeutic keratoplasty.
Gokhale
Nikhil S
NS
Gokhale Eye Hospital and Eyebank, Gokhale Road (S), Dadar West, Mumbai-400 028, India. gokhlay@vsnl.com
Garg
Prashant
P
Rodrigues
Camila
C
Haldipurkar
Suhas
S
D000368:Aged; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019233:Retreatment
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents