Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2013)

Neisseria sicca Endocarditis Complicated by Intracranial and Popliteal Aneurysms in a Patient with a Bicuspid Aortic Valve

  • Guillaume Debellemanière,
  • Catherine Chirouze,
  • Laurent Hustache-Mathieu,
  • Damien Fournier,
  • Alessandra Biondi,
  • Bruno Hoen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/895138
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2013

Abstract

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We report a case of infective endocarditis due to Neisseria sicca complicated by intracranial and popliteal aneurysms and hepatic and splenic infarcts in a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve. No predisposing factor other than poor dental condition was found. The patient fully recovered after antibiotic therapy, aortic and mitral valve replacement, endovascular occlusion of the middle-cerebral artery aneurysm, and surgical treatment of the popliteal artery aneurysm.