STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS ENDOCARDITIS ASSOCIATED WITH RECTAL CARCINOMA AND ITS NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW
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Yasin Abul 1 * , Zekaver Odabasi 2, Nihat Kodalli 3, Ahmet Oktay 4, Volkan Korten 2
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1 Marmara University School of Medicine, Internal medicine, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey2 Marmara University School of Medicine, Internal medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, İstanbul, Turkey3 Marmara University School of Medicine, Internal medicine, Department of Radiology, İstanbul, Turkey4 Marmara University School of Medicine, Internal medicine, Department of Cardiology, İstanbul, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Infective Endocarditis caused by Streptococcus bovis may usually be associated with gastrointestinal pathologies, particularly colon cancer. S. bovis endocarditis may cause higher rates of neurological complications and more extensive valvular destruction compared to other microorganisms. This case report describes a patient with a recent history of rectal adenocarcinoma diagnosed as S. bovis endocarditis and complicated by intracranial and subarachnoidal hemorrhage after cardiac valve replacement. Because of high rates of neurological complications, these patients should be carefully followed up even after the medical and/or surgical treatment.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2006, 83-87

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82384

Publication date: 15 Apr 2006

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