[Neurologic signs in bacterial endocarditis: an unusual case report]
We describe the case of a 35-year-old woman, hospitalised due to a fever lasting two days, with signs and symptoms of cerebro-spinal meningitis. The subsequent occurrence of a thromboembolic event with stroke suggests that the neurological symptoms were secondary to a centre of infective endocarditis (instrumentally proved) in the absence of further outstanding symptoms of endocarditis. This event is very unusual during the course of endocardic disease.
Divisione Malattie Infettive, Ospedale Civile di Teramo, Italy.
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Tarquini
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Marani Toro