Intracardiac Fungal Mass in a Term Neonate. 

 -  2016 
<br/><br/> Systemic fungal infections pose insidious challenges in neonatal intensive care settings. We present the case of a 9-day-old male term neonate admitted for polymicrobial sepsis and hepatic dysfunction who later developed candidemia superinfection. Despite broad antifungal therapy, the fungemia was complicated by progressive growth of a fungus ball in the right ventricular outflow tract that threatened cardiac function. Surgical excision of the mass was undertaken by right atriotomy and histologic examination confirmed Candida albicans. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1947-6108 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>*Candida albicans/gd [Growth & Development]<br/>*Candidiasis/mi [Microbiology]<br/>*Infant, Newborn, Diseases/mi [Microbiology]<br/>*Superinfection<br/>*Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/mi [Microbiology]<br/>Antifungal Agents/tu [Therapeutic Use]<br/>Antiviral Agents/tu [Therapeutic Use]<br/>Candida albicans/ip [Isolation & Purification]<br/>Candidiasis/di [Diagnosis]<br/>Candidiasis/th [Therapy]<br/>Cardiac Surgical Procedures<br/>Echocardiography, Transesophageal<br/>Herpes Simplex/di [Diagnosis]<br/>Herpes Simplex/dt [Drug Therapy]<br/>Herpes Simplex/vi [Virology]<br/>Herpesvirus 1, Human/ip [Isolation & Purification]<br/>Humans<br/>Infant, Newborn<br/>Infant, Newborn, Diseases/di [Diagnosis]<br/>Infant, Newborn, Diseases/th [Therapy]<br/>Infant, Newborn, Diseases/vi [Virology]<br/>Intensive Care Units, Neonatal<br/>Liver Failure/di [Diagnosis]<br/>Liver Failure/dt [Drug Therapy]<br/>Liver Failure/vi [Virology]<br/>Male<br/>Treatment Outcome<br/>Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/dg [Diagnostic Imaging]<br/>Ventricular Outflow Obstruction/th [Therapy]
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Function: </label><br/>Case Reports<br/>Journal Article