Infective Endocarditis due to Streptococcus Agalactiae in Young and Immunocompetent Woman: A Case of Structurally Normal Valve Endocarditis Presented with Major Stroke.

Author: Min Ju SONG ¹ ; Won Ho KIM ; Sun Hwa LEE ; Sang Rok LEE ; Kyoung Suk RHEE ; Jei Keon CHAE ; Jae Ki KO
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1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea. whkim@jbnu.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Embolic obstruction; Vegetation; Normal valve
MeSH: Adult; Carotid Artery, Internal; Echocardiography; Endocarditis; Female; Humans; Middle Cerebral Artery; Mitral Valve; Paresis; Streptococcus; Streptococcus agalactiae; Stroke
From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2011;19(1):38-40
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: We describe here a 26-year-old woman who presented confusion and right hemiparesis due to embolic obstruction of left internal carotid artery and middle cerebral artery. Transthoracic echocardiography showed structurally normal mitral valve with hypermobile echogenic material suggesting vegetation. The vegetation was disappeared after antimicrobial treatment without surgery.