title: Severe peripheral polyneuropathy in a child with infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: Although central nervous system complications such as stroke, encephalopathy and meningitis are commonly described in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, peripheral nervous system involvement is rarely reported in the literature. In this article we report on a 13-year-old boy with infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus in whom severe polyneuropathy developed during hospitalization. To the best of our knowledge this is the first child case with infective endocarditis associated with peripheral polyneuropathy in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yüzüncü Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey. huseyincaksen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caksen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Anlar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Odabas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akgün
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus