Cerebral hemorrhage from a mycotic aneurysm developing during appropriate antibiotic therapy.
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Cerebral hemorrhage from a mycotic aneurysm developing during appropriate antibiotic therapy.
A patient with bacterial endocarditis had headaches, cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and normal cerebral angiograms. Fifteen days later, while on appropriate antibiotic therapy, he developed an intracerebral hematoma due to a mycotic aneurysm. Mycotic aneurysm is an infrequent but serious complication of bacterial endocarditis. An aneurysm should be considered whenever a patient with bacterial ...
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Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Cardi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.9.3.267