A triad of endocarditis, endophthalmitis, and meningitis

• Authors: Aušra Kavoliūnienė , Regina Jonkaitienė , Laura Urbonaitė
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an uncommon cause of infective endocarditis; it often requires prolonged antibacterial treatment and involves a high mortality rate. We report a rare case of pneumococcal endocarditis manifesting with unusual complications - meningitis and endophthalmitis. Streptococcus pneumoniae species grew from the cerebrospinal fluid. The diagnosis of native aortic valve infective endocarditis was confirmed after some delay by transesophageal echocardiography. The patient’s eye was lost because of infective complications, but his life was saved following an aggressive antibacterial therapy in combination with an immediate aortic valve replacement.

Keywords

EN

Streptococcus pneumoniae; Endocarditis; Meningitis; Endophthalmitis

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 795-798

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2013

online

6 - 12 - 2013

Contributors

author

Aušra Kavoliūnienė

• Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

author

Regina Jonkaitienė

• Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

author

Laura Urbonaitė

• Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics, Eiveniu str. 2, LT-50009, Kaunas, Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-013-0223-0