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Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis as a complication of toxocariasis- associated endomyocarditis with fibrosis: A case report

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2016) 3(3)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw145
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Abstract

Complications associated with Toxocara canis infection are rare. We present a case of a patient with Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis as a complication of an endomyocardial fibrosis caused by T canis. The epidemiological, pathological, and clinical features of this rare complication are described here.

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Kuenzli, E., Labhardt, N., Balestra, G., Weisser, M., Zellweger, M. J., & Blum, J. (2016). Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis as a complication of toxocariasis- associated endomyocarditis with fibrosis: A case report. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw145

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