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Case Reports
. 2011 Jan;4(1):77-80.
doi: 10.4103/0974-2069.79632.

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

Ponnusamy S Sundaram  1 , Sasidharan Bijulal, Jaganmohan A Tharakan, Molly Antony
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Case Reports

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

Ponnusamy S Sundaram et al. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Jan.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Endocarditis; Kodamaea ohmeri; fungal infection; native IE.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

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Figure 1
Subcostal view showing vegetation attached to the native tricuspid valve, causing RV inflow obstruction. Also shown the coronary sinus draining into right atrium
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Figure 2
Cases so far reported worldwide. Only 20 cases reported so far largely due to under recognition of this potentially treatable organism
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