Staphylococcus endocarditis associated with infectious vasculitis and recurrent cerebral hemorrhages

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-52

  Van De Beek, Diederik ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Peters, Steve G ^a   Cloft, Harry ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Endocarditis; Endovascular treatment; Infectious aneurysm; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Intracranial aneurysm

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; NAFCILLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 40749130842     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-9002-6     Document Type: Article

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