Horvath, Christina E.; Brinkmann, Christian K.; Ozdoba, Christoph; Leib, Stephen; Wolf, Sebastian; Wolf-Schnurrbusch, Ute E.K. (2009). Chorioretinal nocardiosis. Retinal Cases & Brief Reports, 3(3), pp. 263-265. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/ICB.0b013e31817376eb
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PURPOSE:
Description of ocular involvement in a case of disseminated nocardiosis.
METHODS:
Case report of an immunosuppressed patient displaying a unilateral extramacular choroidal lesion presumed to be due to nocardia species. The patient received sulfonamide treatment for a culture-proven generalized nocardia infection.
RESULTS:
During follow-up, demarcation, resolution, and secondary development of macular pucker with vitreoretinal traction and macular edema was observed. Visual acuity of the affected eye recovered from initially 20/100 to 20/32 at the end of follow-up.
CONCLUSION:
Early and appropriate treatment of ocular endogenous nocardiosis can result in a favorable outcome.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases |
UniBE Contributor: |
Leib, Stephen |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1935-1089 |
Publisher: |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Stephen Leib |
Date Deposited: |
13 Jul 2016 15:18 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:53 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1097/ICB.0b013e31817376eb |
PubMed ID: |
25389580 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.78892 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/78892 |