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 Kodamaea ohmeri tricuspid valve endocarditis with right ventricular inflow obstruction in a neonate with structurally normal heart

Ponnusamy S Sundaram1, Sasidharan Bijulal1, Jaganmohan A Tharakan1, Molly Antony2
1 Department of Cardiology, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, India
2 Department of Microbiology, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, India

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Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.79632

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Year : 2011  |  Volume : 4  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 77-80

 
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The yeast Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri is a rare human pathogen with infrequent report of neonatal infection. Native valve endocarditis by Kodamaea ohmeri is extremely rare. The current case report describes a case of fatal nosocomial native valve endocarditis without any structural heart defects in a 40dayold baby. The patient was referred to our institute after having ICU stay of 18 days in another hospital for necrotizing enterocolitis and was found to have obstructive tricuspid valve mass and fungemia with Kodamaea ohmeri. In spite of the treatment, patient developed sepsis with disseminated intravascular coagulation and could not be revived.






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Ponnusamy S Sundaram1, Sasidharan Bijulal1, Jaganmohan A Tharakan1, Molly Antony2
1 Department of Cardiology, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, India
2 Department of Microbiology, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Correspondence Address:
Ponnusamy S Sundaram
Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.79632

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The yeast Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri is a rare human pathogen with infrequent report of neonatal infection. Native valve endocarditis by Kodamaea ohmeri is extremely rare. The current case report describes a case of fatal nosocomial native valve endocarditis without any structural heart defects in a 40dayold baby. The patient was referred to our institute after having ICU stay of 18 days in another hospital for necrotizing enterocolitis and was found to have obstructive tricuspid valve mass and fungemia with Kodamaea ohmeri. In spite of the treatment, patient developed sepsis with disseminated intravascular coagulation and could not be revived.






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