Mycobacterium chelonei keratitis: report of a case and review of the literature.

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M. chelonei keratitis is a rare opportunistic infection. The major risk factor is eye injury, with foreign bodies or surgical trauma. Diagnosis is often missed and delayed as a result of its scarcity and variable presentations. High index of clinical suspicion with early diagnosis and prompt combined medical and surgical intervention seem to be the best measure to decrease ocular morbidity. Good alertness and knowledge of this condition would help our patients in the Far East as the literature review has shown a recent trend of increase in frequency and more than 50% of the reported cases come from the Chinese patients.

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