Two coincidental neurological complications as a presenting form of infectious endocarditis

Int J Cardiol. 2007 May 2;117(3):e107-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.238. Epub 2007 Mar 13.

Abstract

A 46-year-old man with two consecutive neurological events (an ischemic stroke and an intracerebral hemorrhage) is presented. Streptococcus bovis biotype I was found in blood cultures and echocardiography showed native mitral valve mobile vegetations. The patient died due to the extension of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Brain Ischemia / etiology*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Streptococcal Infections / complications*
  • Streptococcus bovis*
  • Stroke / etiology*