Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2022 Aug;70(8):2787.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_142_22.

Tunnel infection: What next?

Venugopal Anitha  1 , Aditya Ghorpade  1 , Meenakshi Ravindran  2
Affiliations

Tunnel infection: What next?

Venugopal Anitha et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Aug.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

None

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Tunnel infection at presentation. (b) Tunnel infection increased in size after antifungals. (c) Post-therapeutic patch graft. (d) Dry, chalky white colonies of Nocardia grown in culture
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Sharma D, Mathur U, Gour A, Acharya M, Gupta N, Sapra N. Nocardia infection following intraocular surgery:Report of seven cases from a tertiary eye hospital. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017;65:371–5. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Garg P. Fungal, mycobacterial, and nocardia infections and the eye:An update. Eye (Lond) 2012;26:245–51. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Somani SN, Moshirfar M. Nocardia Keratitis. Available from:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549902 . - PubMed