Neisseria meningitidis endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature.

Authors
Ali, Mohammed
McAdam, Brendan
Affiliation
Cardiology Department, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland., mtali100@gmail.com
Issue Date
2012-02-01T09:59:49Z
MeSH
Adolescent
Echocardiography
Endocarditis/*diagnosis/microbiology/pathology
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Meningococcal/*complications/*diagnosis/pathology
Neisseria meningitidis/*isolation & purification

Metadata
Show full item record
Citation
Scand J Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;43(9):747-9. Epub 2011 Apr 8.
Journal
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/207124
DOI
10.3109/00365548.2011.572910
PubMed ID
21476783
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.
Language
eng
ISSN
1651-1980 (Electronic)
0036-5548 (Linking)
Collections