Infective endocarditis can complicate with ischemic stroke. Neurological complications develop in 20-40% of all patients with infective endocarditis. These are mainly due to vegetation embolism.This report represents a case of 30 years old female patient who presented with features of heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV with infective endocarditis and left hemiparesis. On e...

was proved to have systemic lupus erythematosus; no heart murmur was heard. One week later she developed a fever and petechiae; urine and blood cultures grew Streptococcus faecalis (see Table). She was treated with steroids and courses of chloramphenicol, erythromycin, and penicillin. One month later a heart murmur had developed, but after an initial response to treatment she relapsed and died....