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- Title
Neisseria sicca Endocarditis Presenting as Multiple Embolic Brain Infarcts.
- Authors
Kirlew, Christine; Wilmot, Kobina; Salinas, Jorge L.
- Abstract
A 58 year old male presented with a 14 day history of progressive forgetfulness and aggressiveness. He had a history of human immunodeficiency virus infection, ischemic cardiomyopathy, and a myxomatous mitral valve (status post Saint Jude's mitral valve replacement 8 years before presentation). International normalized ratio was supra-therapeatutic on admission. A non-contrast computed tomography of the brain indicated multiple infarcts with hemorrhagic conversion. The source was later found to be a rare case of Neisseria sicca endocarditis.
- Subjects
ENDOCARDITIS; NEISSERIA sicca; HIV infections; PATIENTS
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofv105