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SUBMITTER: Brewer L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3618602 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
BMJ case reports 20130211
This case report describes the unusual presentation of a previously very well woman with Streptococcus agalactiae endocarditis in the emergency department. History, examination and preliminary laboratory and radiological investigations supported a diagnosis of acalculous cholecystitis, for which she was given intravenous broad spectrum antimicrobial therapy. One day following admission, the patient deteriorated and became unresponsive. Subsequent MRI of the brain revealed multiple bihemispheric ...[more]