Kingella endocarditis and meningitis in a patient with SLE and associated antiphospholipid syndrome.
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.
Wolak
T
T
Department of Medicine D, Soroka Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Abu-Shakra
M
M
Flusser
D
D
Liel-Cohen
N
N
Buskila
D
D
Sukenik
S
S
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