Cerebral hemorrhage from a mycotic aneurysm developing during appropriate antibiotic therapy.
1978
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 endocarditis has neurologic symptoms even when the patient is receiving antibiotics.
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