title: Two coincidental neurological complications as a presenting form of infectious endocarditis.
abstract: A 46-year-old man with two consecutive neurological events (an ischemic stroke and an intracerebral hemorrhage) is presented. Streptococcus bovis biotype I was found in blood cultures and echocardiography showed native mitral valve mobile vegetations. The patient died due to the extension of intracerebral hemorrhage.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testa-Fernandez
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Juanatey
authors.forename: Robustiano
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pego-Reigosa
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Gay
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016985:Streptococcus bovis; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*