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J Korean Soc Emerg Med > Volume 14(1); 2003 > Article
Journal of The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2003;14(1): 132-136.
A Case of Infective Endocarditis in which Cerebral Infarction and Hemorrhage developed together
Joon Sun Wi, Seung Tae Jeoung, Young Yun Yun, Kyoung Woon Jeoung, Jung Mi Moon, Byeong Jo Chun, Tag Heo, Yong Il Min
Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. minyi@chonnam.ac.kr
ABSTRACT
Risk factors for infective endocarditis include injection drug abusers and patients with structural heart defects undergoing dental procedures. Infective endocarditis is clinically important because it is hard to diagnose it in its early stage owing to its various clinical manifestations, and because its morbidity and mortality increase when neurologic complications occur. This is a case of infective endocarditis in the course of treatment of which complicating cerebral hemorrhage and infarction progressed rapidly and prompted death.
Key words: Endocarditis, Cerebral infarction, Cerebral hemorrhage
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