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. 2016 Sep 7;3(3):ofw145.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw145. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis as a Complication of Toxocariasis-Associated Endomyocarditis With Fibrosis: A Case Report

Esther Kuenzli  1 , Niklaus Labhardt  2 , Gianmarco Balestra  3 , Maja Weisser  4 , Michael J Zellweger  5 , Johannes Blum  2
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Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis as a Complication of Toxocariasis-Associated Endomyocarditis With Fibrosis: A Case Report

Esther Kuenzli et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

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.

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; Toxocara species; endocarditis; endomyocardial fibrosis.

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Transesophageal echocardiography: left ventricular apical thrombus. Abbreviations: Ao, aorta; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle.
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Serological titer and eosinophil count over time. Abbreviation: OD, optical density.
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Transthoracic echocardiography (at follow up). Abbreviations: LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle.
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