Necrotizing nocardial scleritis after combined penetrating keratoplasty and phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation: A case report and review of the literature

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-359

  Ramos Esteban, Jerome Charles ^a   Servat, Juan Javier ^a   da Silva, Renata Siqueira ^b   Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^c   Tauber, Shachar ^d   Bia, Frank ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL GERAL DE FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d St Johns Clinic Eye Specialists ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Case reports publication type ; Eye infections; Keratoplasty; Nocardia asteroides; Penetrating; Phacoemulsification; Scleritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250022972     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492007000200031     Document Type: Article

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