Can Staphylococcus aureus cause hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and proteinuria?

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Ahmad Baseer Kaihan

please read this manuscript, I hope it find you the answer.

IgA-dominant Staphylococcus infection-associated glomerulonephritis: case reports and review of the literature

NDT Plus. 2011 Jun; 4(3): 181–185.

Published online 2011 Mar 8. doi: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfr017

Yazied Chothia

Infective endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus may cause hepatosplenomegaly and proteinuria due to glomerulonephritis.

Rosemeire Bueno

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