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Can having systemic mrsa cause brain aneurysms, heart aneurysms, or broken heart syndrome?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

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Variable: The usual aneurysms are deteriorating blood vessels with atherosclerosis. Infection can lead to mycotic aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm broken hearts is from women in my case!

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Very rare: I am no aware of a brain or heart aneurism cause by a sepsis or bacteremia by mrsa. Can cause endocarditis, meningitis and encephalitis. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy(broken heart syndrome) is a rare cause of heart failure. Usually cause by a very intense emotional event. Severe infection, by some reference, a very rare cause. With actual evidence base data, i will answer no to your question.

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