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Stroke, Vol 9, 267-268, Copyright © 1978 by American Heart Association

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Cerebral hemorrhage from a mycotic aneurysm developing during appropriate antibiotic therapy

C Schold and MP Earnest

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.