Internal medicine
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Case Reports
Infective Endocarditis with No Underlying Disease for Which Bacterial Endophthalmitis Have Been the First Symptom.
Bacterial endophthalmitis is a rare complication of infective endocarditis (IE). We herein report a case of IE with no underlying disease for which endophthalmitis could have been the first symptom. ⋯ Streptococcus agalactiae was detected in blood cultures, fluid cultures from his left hand joint, and the removed eye. Bacterial endophthalmitis may present as the first symptom of IE and develop without underlying disease due to S. agalactiae infection.