title: Kingella endocarditis and meningitis in a patient with SLE and associated antiphospholipid syndrome.
abstract: We describe a patient with SLE and antiphospholipid syndrome who presented with severe headache and fever. Lumbar puncture analyses indicated meningitis. Kingella kingae was isolated from her blood cultures. A large mobile vegetation was seen on her mitral valve. The association between SLE, Libman-Sacks endocarditis and bacterial endocarditis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine D, Soroka Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wolak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abu-Shakra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Flusser
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liel-Cohen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buskila
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sukenik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology