title: Bilateral macular holes resulting from septic embolization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a previously undescribed cause of bilateral macular hole formation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Septic emboli were noted at the center of the macula in both eyes of a 32-year-old man with acute bacterial endocarditis. Bilateral full-thickness macular holes later developed at the site of these retinal lesions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case represents the first report of fundus lesions in septicemia resulting in full-thickness macular hole formation.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, City Hospitals National Health Service Trust, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beatty
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roche
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D004617:Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents