A typical presentation of infective endocarditis

We describe a patient who had fever and bilateral cortical blindness and was later found to have leaking intracerebral mycotic aneurysm secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. He had vegetation at the tricuspid valve with evidence of systematic embolization; however, chest radiograph did no...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Loong, Yik Yee, A., Fadzli, Lim, P. H., G., Rakhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2005
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41127/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41127/1/A%20typical%20presentation%20of%20infective%20endocarditis.pdf
_version_ 1848849611630837760
author Loong, Yik Yee
A., Fadzli
Lim, P. H.
G., Rakhi
author_facet Loong, Yik Yee
A., Fadzli
Lim, P. H.
G., Rakhi
author_sort Loong, Yik Yee
building UPM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description We describe a patient who had fever and bilateral cortical blindness and was later found to have leaking intracerebral mycotic aneurysm secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. He had vegetation at the tricuspid valve with evidence of systematic embolization; however, chest radiograph did not reveal any evidence of pulmonary emboli.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T09:53:09Z
format Article
id upm-41127
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T09:53:09Z
publishDate 2005
publisher Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling upm-411272017-01-03T11:48:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41127/ A typical presentation of infective endocarditis Loong, Yik Yee A., Fadzli Lim, P. H. G., Rakhi We describe a patient who had fever and bilateral cortical blindness and was later found to have leaking intracerebral mycotic aneurysm secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. He had vegetation at the tricuspid valve with evidence of systematic embolization; however, chest radiograph did not reveal any evidence of pulmonary emboli. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2005-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41127/1/A%20typical%20presentation%20of%20infective%20endocarditis.pdf Loong, Yik Yee and A., Fadzli and Lim, P. H. and G., Rakhi (2005) A typical presentation of infective endocarditis. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 1 (1). pp. 67-69. ISSN 1675-8544 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2005V01N1_CS02.pdf
spellingShingle Loong, Yik Yee
A., Fadzli
Lim, P. H.
G., Rakhi
A typical presentation of infective endocarditis
title A typical presentation of infective endocarditis
title_full A typical presentation of infective endocarditis
title_fullStr A typical presentation of infective endocarditis
title_full_unstemmed A typical presentation of infective endocarditis
title_short A typical presentation of infective endocarditis
title_sort typical presentation of infective endocarditis
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41127/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41127/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41127/1/A%20typical%20presentation%20of%20infective%20endocarditis.pdf