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SUBMITTER: Ito T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6568201 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ito Toshiki T Koiwa Hiroaki H Watanabe Kazumasa K Yoshida Takayuki T Hamada Kunio K Ito Akihide A
Oxford medical case reports 20190614 6
Approximately 70% of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) cases are idiopathic, but SSNHL may occasionally be related to fatality. Here, we report the case of a 54-year-old Asian female who complained of hearing loss as a primary symptom and was diagnosed with pyogenic ventriculitis (PV) derived from <i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> endocarditis. Both PV and <i>S. agalactiae</i> endocarditis are rare and very severe infections with a high mortality rate. Rapid intensive treatment and surgery ...[more]