Keratitis due to Mycobaterium abscessus. First case report in Paraguay

We present a clinical case of keratitis caused by abscessus in a 76-year-old female patient, resident in the city of Asuncion, without trauma or previous ocular surgery and with a history of herpetic keratouveitis. Because it is a keratitis caused by a rare etiological agent and because of the importance of a correct and timely diagnosis for the establishment of appropriate treatment, the present case is reported, the first of Mycobacteria keratitis in Paraguay.