title: Phialemonium curvatum infection after phacoemulsification: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A case of Phialemonium curvatum wound corneal infection after phacoemulsification is reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The marked aggressiveness of this fungus is demonstrated by the absence of therapeutic response to both medical and surgical treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The poor outcome resulted in evisceration of the affected eye.
authors: Cornea and External Diseases Section, Department of Ophthalmology, Curso de Especialização em Oftalmologia do Hospital Banco de Olhos de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil.
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Freda
authors: Melissa M
authors: MM
authors: Dal Pizzol
authors: João B
authors: JB
authors: Fortes Filho