Neisseria sicca endocarditis with embolic phenomena.
Two patients with poor oral hygiene developed Neisseria sicca endocarditis, one after probable intravenous drug abuse and Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis and the other after a periodontal surgical procedure. Both experienced significant embolic phenomena and both required 6 or more weeks of intravenous antibiotic therapy. The diagnosis of N. sicca endocarditis must be considered when this organism is isolated from blood cultures in patients with emboli.
Vernaleo
J R
JR
Department of Medicine, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Inc., Jamaica, NY 11432.
Mathew
A
A
Cleri
D J
DJ
D'Amato
R F
RF
Joachim
G R
GR
Papa
T M
TM
Mastellone
A J
AJ
Wallman
A A
AA
Perlman
J
J
D000328:Adult; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009343:Neisseria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D010519:Periodontium / Q000601:surgery; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications