Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Nov 9;13(11):e238257. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238257.
Tunnel infection is one of the most dreaded infections, post phacoemulsification. Most cases reported till now are caused by Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria or fungi and very few cases by the acid-fast organisms. Ocular infections by Nocardia usually have poor prognosis. Here, we report a case of tunnel infection, its management and microbiological identification of cause behind it, that is, a rare acid-fast microorganism.
隧道感染是白内障乳化术后最可怕的感染之一。迄今为止,大多数报道的病例是由革兰氏阳性和革兰氏阴性细菌或真菌引起的,只有少数病例是由抗酸菌引起的。诺卡氏菌引起的眼部感染通常预后不良。在这里,我们报告了一例隧道感染及其治疗方法,并对其病因进行了微生物学鉴定,即一种罕见的抗酸微生物。