Bilateral endophthalmitis as the initial presentation of pneumococcal endocarditis

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed). 2019 Aug-Sep;37(7):488-490. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.10.018. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
[Article in English, Spanish]
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Ampicillin / administration & dosage
  • Ampicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / etiology
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Ceftazidime / administration & dosage
  • Ceftazidime / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Endophthalmitis / drug therapy
  • Endophthalmitis / etiology*
  • Endophthalmitis / microbiology
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / etiology*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intravitreal Injections
  • Levofloxacin / administration & dosage
  • Levofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Linezolid / administration & dosage
  • Linezolid / therapeutic use
  • Multiple Organ Failure / etiology
  • Obesity, Morbid / complications
  • Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination / administration & dosage
  • Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination / therapeutic use
  • Pneumococcal Infections / complications*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Pneumococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / complications
  • Vancomycin / administration & dosage
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines
  • Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
  • Levofloxacin
  • Vancomycin
  • Ampicillin
  • Ceftazidime
  • Linezolid