Pyogenic ventriculitis complicating Aggregatibacter aphrophilus infective endocarditis: A case report and literature review.
Pyogenic ventriculitis (PV) is an uncommon, but frequently fatal infection that results from inflammation of the ventricular ependymal lining associated with a purulent ventricular system. PV has been rarely reported as a secondary complication of infective endocarditis. Prompt diagnosis and treatment with appropriate culture-directed antibiotics with adequate central nervous system penetration is crucial when managing patients who are suspected of having PV. The present study reports on a fatal case of a previously well 42-year-old alcoholic woman with infective endocarditis caused by Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, with secondary brain abscess and spontaneous rupture into the ventricles causing PV.
Jung
Gordon W
GW
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry;
Parkins
Michael D
MD
Church
Deirdre
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