Eosinophilic Myocarditis Associated with Visceral Larva Migrans Caused by Toxocara Canis Infection

A 41-year-old woman who was diagnosed with myocarditis presented eosinophilia. Since the antibody against Toxocara canis (T. canis) was positive, we diagnosed that she had visceral larva migrans due to T. canis associated with myocarditis. She was treated with oral albendazole and prednisolone for t...

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Main Authors: Kim, Ji Hee, Chung, Woo-Baek, Chang, Kyung-Yoon, Ko, Sun-Young, Park, Mi-Hee, Sa, Young-Kyoung, Choi, Yun-Seok, Park, Chul-Soo, Lee, Man-Young
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498313/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23185659
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2012.20.3.150
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