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BRIEF REPORT
Year : 2007  |  Volume : 55  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 59-61

Nocardia infection following phacoemulsification


1 Gokhale Eye Hospital and Eyebank, Gokhale Road (S), Dadar West, Mumbai - 400 028, India
2 Cornea Department, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034, India
3 Microbiology Dept, PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai - 400 016, India
4 Laxmi Eye Institute, Uran Road, Panvel, Maharashtra - 421 206, India

Correspondence Address:
Nikhil S Gokhale
Gokhale Eye Hospital and Eyebank, Gokhale Road (S), Dadar West, Mumbai - 400 028
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.29498

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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.


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