Infective Endocarditis due to Streptococcus Agalactiae in Young and Immunocompetent Woman: A Case of Structurally Normal Valve Endocarditis Presented with Major Stroke

J Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2011 Mar;19(1):38-40. doi: 10.4250/jcu.2011.19.1.38. Epub 2011 Mar 31.

Abstract

We describe here a 26-year-old woman who presented confusion and right hemiparesis due to embolic obstruction of left internal carotid artery and middle cerebral artery. Transthoracic echocardiography showed structurally normal mitral valve with hypermobile echogenic material suggesting vegetation. The vegetation was disappeared after antimicrobial treatment without surgery.

Keywords: Embolic obstruction; Normal valve; Vegetation.

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