Canaliculitis with isolation of Pityrosporum pachydermatis.
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Canaliculitis with isolation of Pityrosporum pachydermatis.
A case of canaliculitis with obstruction of the lacrimal canaliculus and accumulation of conglomerates is described. Pityrosporum pachydermatis was cultured from the conglomerates. To the best of our knowledge this organism has not been previously implicated in such infections. Cure was obtained by treatment with nystatin administered topically and as an irrigation of the lacrimal pathways. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.62.10.732