Book contents
- Insights into Clinical Neurology
- Insights into Clinical Neurology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 The Amnesic Syndrome
- Chapter 2 Aphasia, Apraxia, and Agnosia
- Chapter 3 Spurious Symptoms and Behaviors
- Chapter 4 Hallucinations
- Chapter 5 Grasping and the Grasp Reflex
- Chapter 6 Asterixis
- Chapter 7 Discussion of the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome
- Chapter 8 Some Aspects of the Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome
- Chapter 9 The Limbic System
- Chapter 10 Vibration Sensation, the Posterior Columns, and Related Topics
- Chapter 11 Transneuronal Effects
- Chapter 12 Spinal Nerve Roots
- Chapter 13 Ischemic Hypoxic Encephalopathy
- Chapter 14 The Liver–Brain Relationship in Wilson Disease
- Chapter 15 Wernicke Disease
- Chapter 16 Delayed Neurologic Disorders after Toxic or Metabolic Insults
- Chapter 17 Transolfactory Spread in the Pathogenesis of Meningoencephalitis
- Chapter 18 Neurologic Disorders in Endocarditis
- Chapter 19 Secondary Abscess Formation in Primary Brain Lesions
- Chapter 20 Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: The Early Years
- Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Neurologic Disorders in Endocarditis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
Book contents
- Insights into Clinical Neurology
- Insights into Clinical Neurology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 The Amnesic Syndrome
- Chapter 2 Aphasia, Apraxia, and Agnosia
- Chapter 3 Spurious Symptoms and Behaviors
- Chapter 4 Hallucinations
- Chapter 5 Grasping and the Grasp Reflex
- Chapter 6 Asterixis
- Chapter 7 Discussion of the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome
- Chapter 8 Some Aspects of the Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome
- Chapter 9 The Limbic System
- Chapter 10 Vibration Sensation, the Posterior Columns, and Related Topics
- Chapter 11 Transneuronal Effects
- Chapter 12 Spinal Nerve Roots
- Chapter 13 Ischemic Hypoxic Encephalopathy
- Chapter 14 The Liver–Brain Relationship in Wilson Disease
- Chapter 15 Wernicke Disease
- Chapter 16 Delayed Neurologic Disorders after Toxic or Metabolic Insults
- Chapter 17 Transolfactory Spread in the Pathogenesis of Meningoencephalitis
- Chapter 18 Neurologic Disorders in Endocarditis
- Chapter 19 Secondary Abscess Formation in Primary Brain Lesions
- Chapter 20 Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: The Early Years
- Index
- References
Summary
The neurologic complications of endocarditis fall into three categories: nonspecific, cerebrovascular, and infectious. The nonspecific symptoms are largely those of systemic infection. They include confusion, personality change, and myalgias. The vascular manifestations are embolic cerebral infarction, bland or hemorrhagic, and mycotic cerebral aneurysm. The infectious complications typically occur with aggressive organisms such as staphylococcus. Brain abscesses, usually numerous small ones, and epidural spinal abscesses are not rare. A neurologic manifestation can be the chief complaint leading to the diagnosis of endocarditis.
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- Insights into Clinical Neurology , pp. 89 - 92Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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