Ali Mohammed, McAdam Brendan
Cardiology Department, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;43(9):747-9. doi: 10.3109/00365548.2011.572910. Epub 2011 Apr 8.
Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults, with an overall mortality rate of up to 25%, but it is a rare cause of infective endocarditis. We present herein a case of N. meningitidis meningitis complicated with infective endocarditis.
脑膜炎奈瑟菌是儿童和青壮年细菌性脑膜炎的主要病因,总体死亡率高达25%,但它是感染性心内膜炎的罕见病因。我们在此报告一例脑膜炎奈瑟菌性脑膜炎并发感染性心内膜炎的病例。