Association of Mean Platelet Volume with Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Accident Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Hospital-Based Study.

Objective: To study the association of MPV (mean platelet volume) and acute ischemic stroke in patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

Material: This was a 1-year cross-sectional hospital-based study involving 79 patients presented with acute ischemic stroke. Among them, 25 were diabetic and 54 were nondiabetic.

Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by .

A 40-year-old farmer from the district of North Karnataka who had received treatment for high fever of 8 days duration was admitted with fever, dyspnea, and poor general condition. Ultrasonography and echocardiogram revealed multiple splenic abscesses, vegetation on atrioventricular valve, aortic regurgitation (Grade I-II), and mitral valve regurgitation (Grade II-III), respectively. was detected in blood culture, and high titers of IgM and IgG anti- antibodies were observed in specific serological tests.