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Eight cases of culture-proven Nocardia infection, which developed within 1\u00a0month after ocular surface surgery were included. Demographics and clinical history of patients were investigated.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>There were 8 eyes (2 left and 6 right) of 8 patients (5 males and 3 females), aged 27\u201365, with a median age of 52.9\u00a0years. Three cases underwent pterygium\u00a0excision, three were subjected to conjunctival flap covering, and two were treated with lamellar corneal transplantation. The time interval between previous surgery and the onset of symptoms varied from 7 to 28\u00a0days (mean\u2009=\u200920.5\u2009\u00b1\u20097.13\u00a0days). All the cases presented grey-white infiltrates at the surgical incision site while appearing with six corneal ulcers and two conjunctival ulcers. Filaments of Nocardia were founded by confocal microscopy in two of the five cases. All responded poorly to medical therapy. Seven of the eight cases were treated with reoperation. Nocardia infection recurred in three cases after reoperation, and one was eviscerated.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Surgical trauma is a risk factor for ocular Nocardia infection. Nocardia infection should be suspected when secondary infection occurs in a surgical incision with an atypical clinical presentation. The use of corticosteroids may influence the efficacy of drugs. Complete removal of lesions may lower the recurrence of Nocardia infection with poor drug treatment effects.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s10792-022-02500-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,14]],"date-time":"2022-09-14T17:03:33Z","timestamp":1663175013000},"page":"981-988","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Nocardia infection following ocular surface surgery"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"43","author":[{"given":"Jingting","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiuhai","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jungang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shuting","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Weiyun","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Suxia","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"2500_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"259","DOI":"10.1128\/CMR.19.2.259-282.2006","volume":"19","author":"BA Brown-Elliott","year":"2006","unstructured":"Brown-Elliott BA, Brown JM, Conville PS et al (2006) Clinical and laboratory features of the Nocardia spp. based on current molecular taxonomy. 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