Two coincidental neurological complications as a presenting form of infectious endocarditis.
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.
Testa-Fernandez
Ana
A
Gonzalez-Juanatey
Carlos
C
Pego-Reigosa
Robustiano
R
Gonzalez-Gay
Miguel A
MA
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*