Mehrotra Neha, Baidya Ankita, Brijwal Megha, Aggarwal Rita, Chaudhry Rama
Department of Opthalamology, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Anaerobe. 2015 Oct;35(Pt B):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.06.001. Epub 2015 Jun 6.
Actinomyces species are known to cause a variety of human infections. Ocular actinomycosis is a rare disease. We report an unusual case of bilateral actinomycotic blepharoconjunctivitis in the absence of canaliculitis that presented with forniceal masses in eye. The case report is discussed here along with Indian literature.