title: Vegetative endocarditis with generalized bacterial embolism in association with phlegmon induced by Dracunculus insignis in a raccoon.
abstract: Lesions of streptococcal vegetative endocarditis and subsequent embolic disease are described in a raccoon (Procyon lotor). A phlegmon of the animal's forelimb associated with Dracunculus insignis infestation was believed to be the primary site of bacterial invasion.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D004320:Dracunculiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005552:Forelimb; D008297:Male; D011821:Raccoons; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*