Title of article
Iri abce a an unuual preentation of endogenou endophthalmiti in a patient with bacterial endocarditi
Author/Authors
Krita M. Ramona، نويسنده , , Benjamin D. Freilich، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
2
From page
228
To page
229
Abstract
Purpoe
To report the clinical finding and management of a cae of endogenou endophthalmiti in a patient with bacterial endocarditi preenting with a eptic metatai to the iri.
Deign
Obervational cae report.
Method
Review of clinical finding and treatment.
Reult
A 37-year-old intravenou drug uer hopitalized with bacterial endocarditi econdary to methicillin-enitive taphylococcu aureu bacteremia preented with a painful red left eye, hypopyon, and iri abce. Roth pot were noted in the fundu of the right eye. Aqueou culture wa poitive for methicillin-enitive aureu. The patient wa treated with intravitreal, topical, and intravenou antibiotic. The hypopyon and iri abce reolved within 2 week, and the patient achieved a final viual acuity of 20/25 in the left eye.
Concluion
eptic metatai to the iri i a rare occurrence. To our knowledge thi i the firt reported cae of an iri abce econdary to bacterial endocarditi
Journal title
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Record number
624095
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