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

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 7;3(3):ofw145. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw145. eCollection 2016 Sep.

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.