Nocardia infection following phacoemulsification.

Indian J Ophthalmol

Gokhale Eye Hospital and Eyebank, Gokhale Road (S), Dadar West, Mumbai-400 028, India.

Published: July 2007

Infection of a self-sealing tunnel incision is a rare but vision-threatening complication of cataract surgery. We describe two cases of side port infection following an uneventful phacoemulsification. Nocardia was isolated in one case. Both the cases were worsening on medical treatment and were successfully treated by therapeutic keratoplasty.

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