Subconjunctival petechiae in infective endocarditis

Subconjunctival petechiae are prominent in this case of bacterial endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

Courtesy of Jan V Hirschmann. The Skin and Infection: A Color Atlas and Text, Sanders CV, Nesbitt LT Jr (Eds), Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995.

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