TY - JOUR ID - 16102 TI - Observation of Nocardia Asteroides Complex in a Patient with Corneal Ulceration: The First Case Report from Iran JO - Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences JA - JKMU LA - en SN - 1023-9510 AU - Seyyed-Yousef, Seyedeh Zeinab AU - Fatahi-Bafghi, Mehdi AU - Eshraghi, Seyyed Saeed AU - Hoseini, Bagher AU - Habibnia, Shadi AU - Rasouli-Nasab, Masoumeh AU - Heidarieh, Parvin AD - Postgraduate Student of Microbiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran AD - Professor, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Pathologist, Iran Eye Bank, Tehran, Iran AD - Ph.D. Candidate of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Ph.D. Candidate of Microbiology, Psteur Insititute, Tehran, Iran AD - Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Department of Bacteriology & Virology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 228 EP - 233 KW - Ocular nocardiosis KW - Nocardia asteroides KW - Keratitis DO - N2 - Background & Aims: Nocardia asteroides is gram-positive, partially acid-fast, aerobic actinomycetes which cause a wide range of skin infections, and pulmonary, cerebral, and ocular infection. Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with diabetes presented with ocular ulcers in 2015. Through the medical records evaluation, physical examination, and biochemical evaluation of the patient, Nocardia asteroides complex was identified as the cause of infection. The patient was treated with amikacin and ciprofloxacin, and recovery was obtained and the patient was placed on the waiting list for corneal transplantation. Conclusion: Diagnosis of keratitis caused by Nocardia asteroides is difficult and it may be misdiagnosed due similarities with keratitis caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Therefore, suitable diagnosis methods and early diagnosis of ocular nocardiosis are necessary. In the present study, Nocardia asteroides complex was isolated from a corneal ulceration. UR - https://jkmu.kmu.ac.ir/article_16102.html L1 - https://jkmu.kmu.ac.ir/article_16102_f397aac5c8dc114074485a68ed7b07b0.pdf ER -