Triple valve endocarditis as an unusual complication of bacterial meningitis.
We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis with late onset in a 39-year-old male drug abuser, who presented with bacterial meningitis. Despite resolution of the meningitis as the result of appropriate antimicrobial chemotherapy he developed triple valve endocarditis. Some striking features of this case and a comparison with other reported cases of this uncommon presentation of infective endocarditis are discussed.
Intensive Care Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Marina
M
Kontogiorgi
Ioannis
I
Koukis
Mihalis
M
Argiriou
Nikolaos
N
Theakos
Victor
V
Panagiotakopoulos
Konstantinos
K
Kanakakis
Antonia
A
Dimakopoulou
Christos
C
Charitos
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous