Here, we report a novel case of corneal ulcer in a 72-year-old patient with diabetes caused by This organism should not be ignored as a harmless commensal whenever it is isolated in pure form in repeat cultures of the specimen along with a leucocyte reaction in direct microscopic examination. Moreover, this organism is multidrug-resistant, so species identification of diphtheroids is important to start appropriate antibiotic therapy. There are very few published reports of ocular infection and none of corneal ulcer by this organism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndophthalmitis is a dreaded postoperative complication of cataract surgery. Delftia acidovorans is usually nonpathogenic and an unusual ocular pathogen. Isolated reports of delftia-associated sepsis, otitis media, endocarditis, keratitis, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTrichodiscomas are benign tumors of the skin which develop around a hair follicle. They usually present on the face, neck, or trunk region. The authors report a rare case of a 63-year-old man who presented with a tumor on the left lower eyelid that was histologically proven to be a trichodiscoma of conjunctival origin.
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