Infective embolic retinopathy as a sequela of bacterial endocarditis is 
described in a 31-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse. The infective 
organism, Corynebacterium minutissimum, has not been previously found to cause 
ocular or multisystem diseases. It is a common mucocutaneous inhabitant which 
causes erythrasma. In our case report both ocular involvement and septicaemia 
were present. The infection was confirmed by positive serial blood cultures. 
Mitral valve prolapse was confirmed by echocardiography. On clinical examination 
the retinopathy consisted of white intraretinal lesions which resolved with 
antibiotic therapy. By fluorescein angiography focal areas of hypofluorescence 
corresponding to the white fundus lesions were present. Optic disc oedema was 
also seen.