title: Infective Endocarditis due to Streptococcus Agalactiae in Young and Immunocompetent Woman: A Case of Structurally Normal Valve Endocarditis Presented with Major Stroke.
abstract: We describe here a 26-year-old woman who presented confusion and right hemiparesis due to embolic obstruction of left internal carotid artery and middle cerebral artery. Transthoracic echocardiography showed structurally normal mitral valve with hypermobile echogenic material suggesting vegetation. The vegetation was disappeared after antimicrobial treatment without surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Ju
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Won Ho
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sun Hwa
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sang Rok
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyoung-Suk
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Jei Keon
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Jae Ki
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ko