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Open Forum Infect Dis
; 6(8): ofz340, 2019 Aug.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31660386
RESUMO
Mycobacterium chelonae keratitis is rare and difficult to treat. This is the first known case worldwide of effective treatment using intrastromal amikacin injections in a corneal transplant recipient who had metastatic breast cancer. The challenges and principles of management, applicable to other causes of infective keratitis, are reviewed.