Intracranial hemorrhage in infective endocarditis: A case report.

• DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2010.11.13
• Publication Date: 2011-06-01
• Authors: Fahad Aziz; Saira Perwaiz; Sudheer Penupolu; Sujatha Doddi; Srinivas Gongireddy
• Keywords: Infective Endocarditis; Streptococcus bovis; Intracranial Hemorrhages

Cerebral hemorrhage occurs rarely in infective endocarditis. Here, we present an interesting case of endocarditis complicated by sever cerebral hemorrhage. Later, his blood culture grew S bovis. To the best our knowledge, this is first ever reported Bovis extensive intracranial