@article{946c0058d582447a871c5ddd84c9be94,
title = "Intraocular nocardiosis",
abstract = "A 40-year-old renal transplant recipient developed cutaneous nocardiosis while on immunosuppressive medications. Response to sulfisoxazole was good, but three months later, systemic nocardiosis, including unilateral chorioretinal abscesses, appeared. The patient died despite intensive antibiotic therapy. Postmortem examination of the involved eye demonstrated proliferation of the Nocardia along Bruch's membrane with chorioretinal abscess formation.",
author = "Jampol, {Lee M.} and Strauch, {Barry S.} and Albert, {Daniel M.}",
note = "Funding Information: A 40-year-old white man was in good health until 1967 when he had the onset of fatigue and arthralgias. A pulmonary nodule, proteinuria, and hematuria were present. A renal biopsy was interpreted as being consistent with Wegener's granulomatosis. Eye evaluation at that time revealed bilateral episcleritis that subsequently improved with topical corticosteroid administration. Other findings on the eye examination were within normal limits. The patient received systemic corticosteroids and azathioprine and showed initial improvement. By 1969, however, progressively deteriorating renal function necessitated chronic hemodialysis. In November 1971, he received a cadaveric renal transplant, and after an initial period of acute tubular From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and the Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. This study was supported in part by Public Health Service Grant EY-00002, Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., and the Connecticut Lions Eye Research Foundation, Inc.",
year = "1973",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/0002-9394(73)90751-4",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "76",
pages = "568--573",
journal = "American journal of ophthalmology",
issn = "0002-9394",
publisher = "Elsevier USA",
number = "4",
}