• 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