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.; Mj, Zellweger; Blum, Johannes

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

Journal article published in 2016 by Esther Kuenzli, Niklaus Labhardt

, Gianmarco Balestra, Maja Weisser, Michael J. Zellweger, Zellweger Mj, Johannes Blum

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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.