“…The clinical presentation was typical in most cases, but in some reports, presentation was mimicked other systemic diseases, such as systemic vasculitis, 12 or atypical symptoms of severe infection such as lethargy and malaise. 13 Most patients had severe underlying disease such as chronic renal failure, 16 paraplegia, 17 diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, 18 history of infectious endocarditis or medical intervention involving such as placement of femoral graft, 16 ventriculostriatal shunt, 17 patent ductus arteriosus, 21 pacemaker implantation, 19 femoral access for coronary angiography 11 neurosurgical operation of aneurysm of the CNS, 14 but patients with negative history have also been reported, 15 including our case. Antimicrobial chemotherapy and/or surgery resulted in successful outcome in 15 out of 19 patients, while 4 patients succumbed.…”