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More Than Meets the Eye: Infective Endocarditis Presenting as Endogenous Endophthalmitis
- Source :
- Cureus
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Cureus, 2021.
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Abstract
- Endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) is a potentially blinding ophthalmological emergency with poor visual prognosis requiring a high index of clinical suspicion to obtain a prompt diagnosis. The main factors associated with poor visual outcomes include the virulence of the causative organism and timing of intervention. Infective endocarditis can present with nonspecific ocular complaints and remains an important risk factor for developing EE. We report an unusual case of EE in a 78-year-old male caused by infective endocarditis secondary to Streptococcus viridans resulting in bioprosthetic aortic valve abscess with dehiscence.
- Subjects :
- Aortic valve
viridian's group endocarditis
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Blinding
acute endophthalmitis
Endogenous endophthalmitis
Cardiology
Infectious Disease
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Dehiscence
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
aortic valve abscess
Risk factor
bacteremia
Abscess
streptococcal bacteremia
business.industry
General Engineering
medicine.disease
aortic valve
Ophthalmology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Infective endocarditis
Bacteremia
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21688184
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cureus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cc2fc2b5c32bbef9a46d5ae44f9a1b7e