A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis
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 treat...
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| author | N. Navarrete-Navarrete J. Escobar Sevilla M. Toribio García F. Urbano J. M. Sabio J. Jiménez-Alonso |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-31a400d097f2484b94d41cedbd0e18ca2025-02-03T06:12:43ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332015-01-01201510.1155/2015/607421607421A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated NocardiosisN. Navarrete-Navarrete0J. Escobar Sevilla1M. Toribio García2F. Urbano3J. M. Sabio4J. Jiménez-Alonso5Unit of Autoimmune Diseases, Service of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, SpainService of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, SpainService of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, SpainService of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, SpainUnit of Autoimmune Diseases, Service of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, SpainUnit of Autoimmune Diseases, Service of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Avenida Fuerzas Armadas 2, 18014 Granada, SpainWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/607421 |
| spellingShingle | N. Navarrete-Navarrete J. Escobar Sevilla M. Toribio García F. Urbano J. M. Sabio J. Jiménez-Alonso A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis |
| title_full | A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis |
| title_fullStr | A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis |
| title_short | A Man with Unilateral Endophthalmitis: A Case of Disseminated Nocardiosis |
| title_sort | man with unilateral endophthalmitis a case of disseminated nocardiosis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/607421 |
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