Myxoma is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The rarity of infected cardiac myxomas leads to numerous diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. We present a case of infected left atrial myxoma caused by methicillin-sensible Staphylococcus aureus in a 48-year-old woman complicated by systemic embolism and septic shock

A. Mahdhaoui

B. Trimeche

G. Jeridi

H. Bouraoui

M. Ben Rhomdane

R. Garbaa

S. Ernez-Hajri

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Systemic Embolism and Septic Shock Complicated Left Atrial Myxoma: Case Report