A Rare Case of Bartonella henselae Infective Endocarditis Causing an Embolic Cerebrovascular Accident.

is a facultative intracellular Gram-negative aerobic rod that is an important cause of culture-negative endocarditis that only accounts for 3% of all infective endocarditis (IE) cases. Throughout the literature, there have been very few documented cases of an embolic stroke caused by   () IE. Following a comprehensive review of the literature, it appears that only a small number of articles have reported on the correlation between cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) and  IE. Here, we present a case of a 42-year-old male with a cerebral embolic event as a complication of IE.