title: Stroke-complicated endocarditis with positive lupus anticoagulant--a case report.
abstract: Twenty to 40% of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) suffer from neurologic complications. Also many and various markers of immunologic activation have been reported in patients with IE and no history of autoimmune or other rheumatologic diseases. The authors present a case of a patient suffering from IE complicated with major cerebrovascular event with concomitant appearance of lupus anticoagulant (LAC). After successful antibiotic treatment there was major clinical improvement with disappearance of LAC. LAC could be added to the list of immunologic markers appearing in the course of infective endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Medical Department, Venizelion General Hospital of Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lydakis
authors.forename: Stavros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apostolakis
authors.forename: Niki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lydataki
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tzortzakakis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Komis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor