A man with unilateral endophthalmitis: a case of disseminated nocardiosis.


Autoria(s): Navarrete-Navarrete, N.; Escobar Sevilla, J.; Toribio García, M.; Urbano, F.; Sabio, J. M.; Jiménez-Alonso, J.
Data(s)

22/12/2015

22/12/2015

2015

Resumo

We present the case of a patient with an infection by Nocardia which manifested itself with monocular endophthalmitis. Nocardia infection is not common and ocular involvement is one of the most uncommon presentations. In these cases it is very important to make an early diagnosis and intensive treatment to prevent the visual prognosis.

Journal Article;

Identificador

Navarrete-Navarrete N, Escobar Sevilla J, Toribio García M, Urbano F, Sabio JM, Jiménez-Alonso J. A man with unilateral endophthalmitis: a case of disseminated nocardiosis. Case Rep Infect Dis; 2015:607421

2090-6625 (Online)

PMC4386696

http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2112

25878910

10.1155/2015/607421

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Relação

Case reports in infectious diseases

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/criid/2015/607421/abs/

Direitos

Acceso abierto

Palavras-Chave #Nocardiosis #Endoftalmitis #Ojo #Humanos #Informes de casos #Diagnóstico precoz #Pronóstico #Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Bacterial Infections::Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections::Actinomycetales Infections::Nocardia Infections #Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Eye Diseases::Eye Infections::Endophthalmitis #Medical Subject Headings::Anatomy::Body Regions::Head::Face::Eye #Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Physical Phenomena::Time::Time Factors #Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans #Medical Subject Headings::Publication Characteristics::Study Characteristics::Case Reports #Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Early Diagnosis #Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Diagnosis::Prognosis
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article

info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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