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.
Kontogiorgi
Marina
M
Intensive Care Unit, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Koukis
Ioannis
I
Argiriou
Mihalis
M
Theakos
Nikolaos
N
Panagiotakopoulos
Victor
V
Kanakakis
Konstantinos
K
Dimakopoulou
Antonia
A
Charitos
Christos
C
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