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Case Reports
. 1978 Mar;59(1):55-60.
doi: 10.1016/0041-3879(77)90026-5.

Keratitis due to Mycobacterium chelonei

P R Gangadharam, J D Lanier, D E Jones
Case Reports

Keratitis due to Mycobacterium chelonei

P R Gangadharam et al. Tubercle. 1978 Mar.

Abstract

A case of ulcerative keratitis has been followed by ophthalmological, bacteriological and histopathological examinations. Mycobacterium chelonei has been repeatedly isolated from the lesion before and after surgical interventions.

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