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. 1984 Mar;68(3):179–181. doi: 10.1136/bjo.68.3.179

Nocardia gypsoides corneal ulcer.

P J Meurs, O P van Bijsterveld
PMCID: PMC1040282  PMID: 6696871

Abstract

Nocardia gypsoides, a species characterised by its ability to produce calcium sulphate granules, has been isolated for the first time from a corneal ulcer. In vivo this pseudomycete also forms gypsum. Every effort should be made to identify Actinomycetales to species level. The names Leptothrix and Streptothrix should be abandoned.

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