Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis as a Complication of Toxocariasis-Associated Endomyocarditis With Fibrosis: A Case Report
- Kuenzli, Esther
- Labhardt, Niklaus
- Balestra, Gianmarco
- Weisser, Maja
- Zellweger, Michael J.
- Blum, Johannes
Publication date
January 2016
DOI Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP) ISSN
2328-8957Abstract
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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