Vegetative endocarditis with generalized bacterial embolism in association with phlegmon induced by Dracunculus insignis in a raccoon.

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.