Abstract
We report a case of mycobacterial keratitis characterized by apparently spontaneous onset, delayed diagnosis, and eventually necessitating evisceration inspite of systemic antibiotics and repeated corneal grafts.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Corneal Transplantation
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Humans
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Keratitis / drug therapy
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Keratitis / microbiology*
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Keratitis / surgery
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Male
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / surgery
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Mycobacterium fortuitum / isolation & purification*
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Orbit Evisceration