Meningitis as a complication of infective endocarditis - Critical Care Science (CCS)

Case Report

Meningitis as a complication of infective endocarditis

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.

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