Abstract
Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2012;24(3):308-311
DOI 10.1590/S0103-507X2012000300016
Although approximately 30% of patients with endocarditis present with neurological complications, the development of meningitis in these patients is rare. This case report describes a female patient who developed meningitis as a complication of mitral valve endocarditis, and surgery was required for this patient due to acute heart failure resulting from the rupture of the chordae tendineae.