Korean J Med.
2010 Jan;78(1):138-143.
A case of pneumococcal endocarditis complicated by meningitis
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea. ktkwon@fatima.or.kr
Abstract
- pneumonia in the setting of chronic alcoholism and may be complicated by meningitis. Only one adult case of pneumococcal endocarditis (PE) has been reported in Korea. We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who suffered from PE complicated by embolic cerebral infarction and meningitis. This is the first Korean case of PE complicated with meningitis. The patient was treated medically and died from a cardiac complication. This case shows that PE is difficult to treat without surgery because its evolution is usually acute and very aggressive; it has a high rate of local and systemic complications despite the administration of appropriate antibiotics.
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