Mitralklapendokarditis diagnosticeret efter panoftalmitis med Enterococcus faecalis

Kasper Kyhl, Peter Bomholt Hansen, Elin Holm, Torkil Á Steig, Rudi Kollslíð, Shahin Gaïni

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    Abstract

    An 86-year-old man underwent cataract surgery on the left eye, but suddenly he lost his vision three days after surgery. Topical treatments for panophthalmitis were started according to international guidelines. Later, a broad-range polymerase chain reaction showed Enterococcus faecalis in corpus vitreum, and IV antiobiotic treatment was initiated. To exclude endocarditis an echocardiography was performed, and this showed mitral regurgitation with a small mobile vegetation. Uncertainty concerning a possible causality between panophthalmitis and mitral valve endocarditis remains.

    Bidragets oversatte titelMitral valve endocarditis diagnosed after panophthalmitis with Enterococcus faecalis
    OriginalsprogDansk
    TidsskriftUgeskrift for laeger
    Vol/bind179
    Udgave nummer26
    StatusUdgivet - 26 jun. 2017

    Emneord

    • Aged, 80 and over
    • Echocardiography
    • Endocarditis, Bacterial/complications
    • Enterococcus faecalis/isolation & purification
    • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/complications
    • Humans
    • Male
    • Mitral Valve/microbiology
    • Pacemaker, Artificial/microbiology
    • Panophthalmitis/complications

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