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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2025

Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 13-year-old male with infective endocarditis caused by

Anas K Assi, Habeeb H Awwad, Riman A Sultan, Zaina A Khaled, Sara N Fatoum, Abdalwahab Kharousha, Hadi Dababseh, Rabee Adwan

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Anas K AssiFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Habeeb H AwwadFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Riman A SultanFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Zaina A KhaledFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Sara N FatoumFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Abdalwahab KharoushaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Istishari Arab Hospital, Ramallah, Palestine.
Hadi DababsehDepartment of Neurosurgery, Istishari Arab Hospital, Ramallah, Palestine.
Rabee AdwanFaculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.

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Abstract

Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare but serious condition. It is commonly caused by Case presentation: A 13-year-old boy arrived with a severe headache and fever. He had previously been misdiagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE) caused by VGS based on blood cultures and echocardiography, which revealed severe mitral regurgitation (MR), and he received treatment. Despite therapy, he developed a non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), as confirmed by CT and MRI. A repeat echocardiography revealed mitral valve prolapse (MVP), new vegetations, and pericardial effusion, as a complication of A. defectiva identified later on blood cultures as the causative organism, which led to a revised diagnosis of IE Conclusion: We report a case of A. defectiva IE that is exacerbated by non-aneurysmal SAH. It emphasizes the significance of taking IE into account in kids who have neurological symptoms, as well as the necessity of close observation for uncommon but serious causative organisms.

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A. defectivainfective endocarditismitral valve prolapsepediatric neurologysubarachnoid hemorrhage

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