Staphylococcal Endocarditis with Meningitis and Basal Ganglia Infarcts Mimicking Meningococcemia

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2022 Mar 9

PMID 35261776

Authors

Subarna Giri

Bhushan Shrestha

Bikram Prasad Gajurel

Dharmendra Sapkota

Niraj Gautam

Ashish Shrestha

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Abstract

is one of the common causes of infective endocarditis (IE). IE can present with various neurological complications such as stroke, brain abscess, and meningitis, the mortality rate can be very high in such cases.

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