RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Austrian syndrome JF BMJ Case Reports FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP bcr0920103368 DO 10.1136/bcr.09.2010.3368 VO 2011 A1 J B Poulsen A1 C Moser A1 K Espersen A1 K Moller YR 2011 UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.09.2010.3368.abstract AB The authors present a case of Austrian syndrome, the triad of pneumococcal pneumonia, endocarditis and meningitis, in a 49-year-old woman, who developed severe acute heart failure due to aortic valve destruction. The patient required imminent valve surgery, but eventually recovered.