title: Neisseria meningitidis endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults, with an overall mortality rate of up to 25%, but it is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. We present herein a case of N. meningitidis meningitis complicated with infective endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland. mtali100@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McAdam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*