title: Nocardia infection following phacoemulsification.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gokhale Eye Hospital and Eyebank, Gokhale Road (S), Dadar West, Mumbai-400 028, India. gokhlay@vsnl.com
authors.forename: Nikhil S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Gokhale
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Camila
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Suhas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haldipurkar
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents