| BRIEF REPORTS |
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| Year : 2005 | Volume
: 53
| Issue : 1 | Page : 67-68 |
A Cluster of Cases of Mycobacterium chelonei Keratitis following Penetrating Keratoplasty
M Srinivasan, Lalitha Prajna, N Venkatesh Prajna
Aravind Eye Hospitals & Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
M Srinivasan
, Aravind Eye Hospitals & Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, 1 Anna Nagar, Madurai - 625 020, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.15292 PMID: 15829754
Cluster infection with Mycobacterium chelonei following penetrating keratoplasty is described. All the donor eyes were harvested from the same collection centre. This underscores the importance of adherence to sterile protocols.
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