Bacterial endocarditis with dual presentation as endophthalmitis and glomerulonephritis

A Maliaga; D Mintzias; N Zigouris; I Kappou-Rigatou; A Skoutelis

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2005.09.019

Bacterial endocarditis with dual presentation as endophthalmitis and glomerulonephritis

Eur J Intern Med. 2006 Mar;17(2):125-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.09.019.

Authors

A Maliaga¹, D Mintzias, N Zigouris, I Kappou-Rigatou, A Skoutelis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece. maliagak@hotmail.com

PMID: 16490690
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.09.019

Abstract

We report a case of Streptococcus sanguis endocarditis in a 45-year-old male who presented with bilateral endophthalmitis and glomerulonephritis. The patient responded favorably to appropriate antimicrobial chemotherapy with resolution of endophthalmitis and nephritis. Some striking features of this case and a comparison with other reported cases of this uncommon presentation of infective endocarditis are discussed.