%0 Case Reports
%T Intracardiac Fungal Mass in a Term Neonate.
%A El-Sayed Ahmed MM
%A Kurkluoglu M
%A Hynes CF
%A Klugman D
%A Puscasiu E
%A Nath DS
%J Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J
%V 12
%N 4
%D Oct-Dec 2016
%M 28289498
暂无%R 10.14797/mdcj-12-4-225
%X 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.