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| 6.AUTHOR | Schold-C, Earnest-M-P. |
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| INSTITUTION | Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. |
| TITLE | Cerebral hemorrhage from a mycotic aneurysm developing during appropriate antibiotic therapy. |
| SOURCE | Stroke 1978 May-Jun, VOL: 9 (3), P: 267-8, ISSN: 0039-2499. |
ABSTRACT
A patient with bacterial endocarditis had headaches, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and normal cerebral angiograms. Fifteen days later, while on appropriate antibiotic therapy, he developed an intracerebral hematoma due to a mycotic aneurysm. Mycotic aneurysm is an infrequent but serious complication of bacterial endocarditis. An aneurysm should be considered whenever a patient with bacterial endocarditis has neurologic symptoms even when the patient is receiving antibiotics. Author.
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