Endocarditis, Meningitis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia
  • Filipa Silva
    Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto
  • Sérgio Andrade
    Intermediate Care Unit of Emergency Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto
  • João Vilaça
    Intermediate Care Unit of Emergency Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto
  • Cristiana Paulo
    Intermediate Care Unit of Emergency Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto
  • Filipe Conceição
    Intermediate Care Unit of Emergency Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto

Keywords

infective endocarditis, complications, embolic stroke, acute limb ischemia, meningitis

Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is associated with high morbidity and mortality despite advances in antibiotic and surgical treatment. Systemic embolism occurs in up to 49% of IE patients and may involve the major arteries, limb arteries, viscera and the central nervous system. In this report we describe a 60-year-old female patient with a history of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who presented with endocarditis manifesting as stroke, acute limb ischaemia and meningitis. Early diagnosis is essential since treatment lowers the risk of embolism, with most events occurring within 2 weeks of treatment initiation.

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    Published: 2017-04-27
    Issue: Vol. 4 No. 3 (view)

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    Silva F, Andrade S, Vilaça J, Paulo C, Conceição F. Endocarditis, Meningitis and Pneumocystis Pneumonia. EJCRIM 2017;4 doi:10.12890/2016_000535.

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