Septic Embolic Stroke Resulting From Endocarditis.

Background: , a member of the coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), has been recognized as a causal organism for infective endocarditis since the 1980s. Although most CoNS have an insidious and chronic nature, they are involved in a variety of systemic infections. infective endocarditis is a rare entity but is as catastrophic as infective endocarditis and requires aggressive antibiotic therapy and, typically, valve replacement.