title: Meningitis as a complication of infective endocarditis.
abstract: Although approximately 30% of patients with endocarditis present with neurological complications, the development of meningitis in these patients is rare. This case report describes a female patient who developed meningitis as a complication of mitral valve endocarditis, and surgery was required for this patient due to acute heart failure resulting from the rupture of the chordae tendineae.
authors.forename: Viviane Cordeiro
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Veiga
authors.forename: Júlio César de
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Luis Enrique Campodonico
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Amaya
authors.forename: Marcos Sérgio
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Salomón Soriano Ordinola
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rojas