[Acute Neisseria subflava endocarditis].
A 50-year-old woman who developed acute endocarditis on a mitral Starr valve due to Neisseria subflava is reported. This microorganism, which belongs to the normal flora of the upper respiratory tract, is a very rare cause of endocarditis since only 9 cases have been described. The patient developed various complications including right hemiplegia. Cure was obtained by medical therapy alone due to the high susceptibility of the bacteria to a third generation cephalosporin (moxalactam). This is the third time a neurological complication of this kind is reported during N. subflava endocarditis. A high frequency of neurological and systemic embolic complications appears to be an important feature of endocarditis due to N. subflava and other saprophytic Neisseria.
D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009343:Neisseria / Q000302:isolation & purification
Endocardite aiguë á Neisseria subflava.