endocarditis on the aortic valve with coexisting meningitis in a patient with multiple risk factors - What to do?

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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Transplantology, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland.

Published: April 2024

A 65-year-old female patient with infective endocarditis on the aortic valve underwent aortic valve replacement. In the postoperative period a head computer tomography revealed a left temporal arachnoid cyst, diagnosed as fungal meningitis. We outline a successful treatment approach for this high-risk patient.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11047176PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2024.e01949DOI Listing

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