We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
A rare presentation of ocular histoplasmosis in a patient with systemic nocardiosis.
- Authors
Behera, Ranjan; Gupta, Parul; Khurana, Surbhi; Sehgal, Shobha; Sharma, Suryaprakash; Ram, Jagat; Behera, Ranjan K; Gupta, Parul C
- Abstract
Keywords: Conjunctival Granuloma; histoplasmosis with nocardiosis; nocardiosis; ocular histoplasmosis EN Conjunctival Granuloma histoplasmosis with nocardiosis nocardiosis ocular histoplasmosis 2689 2691 3 07/15/22 20220701 NES 220701 Histoplasmosis is a granulomatous infection caused by a dimorphic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, found in old buildings, bird habitats, and bat caves. Conjunctival Granuloma, histoplasmosis with nocardiosis, nocardiosis, ocular histoplasmosis Since the patient was a diagnosed case of disseminated nocardiosis, the ocular lesion that occurred was also clinically suspected to reveal nocardia infection.{Figure 1} Anterior segment optical coherence tomography revealed superficial lesion with no scleral involvement.
- Subjects
HISTOPLASMOSIS diagnosis; BACTERIAL disease complications; DIAGNOSIS of bacterial diseases; EYE; FACE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; BACTERIAL diseases; NOCARDIA; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022, Vol 70, Issue 7, p2689
- ISSN
0301-4738
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.4103/ijo.IJO_2633_21