Infective endocarditis with
The case of a 48-year-old man is addressed, known with type 2 diabetes mellitus, with a seemingly cured hemorrhoidal disease, who developed infective endocarditis of the mitral and aortic valve, complicated by ischemic stroke as the first symptom. After six weeks of antibiotic treatment, an almost complete echocardiographic resolution of the vegetation was achieved, such that surgical intervention was postponed.
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