Abstract
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.
El-Sayed Ahmed, Magdy M et al. “Intracardiac Fungal Mass in a Term Neonate.” Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal vol. 12,4 (2016): 225-226. doi:10.14797/mdcj-12-4-225 PMCID: PMC5344473
