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El-Asrar, A., Tabbara, K. Chronic endophthalmitis after extracapsular cataract extraction caused by Mycobacterium chelonae subspecies abscessus. Eye 9, 798–801 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1995.198
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