1. Scand J Infect Dis. 2011 Apr 8. [Epub ahead of print] Neisseria meningitidis endocarditis: A case report and review of the literature. Ali M, McAdam B. Cardiology Department, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Abstract Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults, with an overall mortality rate of up to 25%, but it is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. We present herein a case of N. meningitidis meningitis complicated with infective endocarditis. PMID: 21476783 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]