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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 177-178 |
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Mycobacterium chelonae in a tectonic corneal graft
Haziq Raees Chowdhury, Oliver Comyn, Gill Jones, Mayank A Nanavaty
Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5BF, United Kingdom
Correspondence Address:
Haziq Raees Chowdhury
Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5BF
United Kingdom
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-620X.192292
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Atypical mycobacterial infections of the cornea can present with nonspecific inflammatory changes and graft rejection, with no obvious focus to culture and a subsequent delay to diagnosis. These pathogens are well documented in the literature following laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis but have rarely been described following corneal transplant surgery. We report a single case of Mycobacterium chelonae keratitis 1 year after tectonic keratoplasty.
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