Literature DB >> 7356779

Mycobacterium chelonei and orbital granuloma after tear duct probing.

R E Smith, J J Salz, R Moors, D Silverstein, W Lewis.   

Abstract

A 75-year-old woman developed an orbital mass after lacrimal duct probing. Acid-fast bacteria were observed on special stains and Mycobacterium chelonei, subspecies abscessus was isolated. The patient had been taking systemic corticosteroids.

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Year:  1980        PMID: 7356779     DOI: 10.1016/0002-9394(80)90241-x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Ophthalmol        ISSN: 0002-9394            Impact factor:   5.258


  6 in total

Review 1.  Uveitis with occult choroiditis due to Mycobacterium kansasii: limitations of interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) tests (case report and mini-review on ocular non-tuberculous mycobacteria and IGRA cross-reactivity).

Authors:  Tatiana I Kuznetcova; Alain Sauty; Carl P Herbort
Journal:  Int Ophthalmol       Date:  2012-06-02       Impact factor: 2.031

2.  Atypical mycobacterial wound infection after blepharoplasty.

Authors:  R S Moorthy; N A Rao
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1995-01       Impact factor: 4.638

3.  Mycobacterium chelonei keratitis: a case report.

Authors:  D J Mirate; D S Hull; J H Steel; M J Carter
Journal:  Br J Ophthalmol       Date:  1983-05       Impact factor: 4.638

4.  Mycobacterial infection following blepharoplasty.

Authors:  R Kevitch; B Guyuron
Journal:  Aesthetic Plast Surg       Date:  1991       Impact factor: 2.326

Review 5.  Clinical and taxonomic status of pathogenic nonpigmented or late-pigmenting rapidly growing mycobacteria.

Authors:  Barbara A Brown-Elliott; Richard J Wallace
Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  2002-10       Impact factor: 26.132

Review 6.  Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Ocular Infections: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Authors:  Wajiha J Kheir; Huda Sheheitli; Maamoun Abdul Fattah; Rola N Hamam
Journal:  Biomed Res Int       Date:  2015-05-27       Impact factor: 3.411

  6 in total

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