Painful leg and loss of vision in a diabetic

Specialty: Vascular Disease; Ophthalmology; Endocrinology

Article Type: Case Report

DOI: 10.1102/1470-5206.2002.0010

Vol 2

pages 37-39

Painful leg and loss of vision in a diabetic

S. Patel, S. Lightman and W.A. Lynn

Correspondence Address: William A. Lynn, Infection and Immunity Unit, Ealing Hospital, Uxbridge Rd, Southall,, Middlesex UB1 3HW UK.

Email: william.lynn@eht.nhs.uk

We report a case of recurrent bacteraemia due to Staphylococcus aureus with associated pyomyositis and endophthalmitis in an insulin-dependent diabetic with chronic liver disease secondary to alcohol abuse.

Keywords Staphylococcal; diabetes; endophthalmitis; pyomyositis; immunocompromised

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Frank Cross

Consultant Surgeon

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

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Neil Barnes

Consultant Physician

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Ali Jawad

Consultant Rheumatologist

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK