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

• Main Authors: Sundaram Ponnusamy, Bijulal Sasidharan, Tharakan Jaganmohan, Antony Molly
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
• Series: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
• Subjects: Endocarditis; <i>Kodamaea ohmeri; fungal infection; native IE</i>
• Online Access: http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2011;volume=4;issue=1;spage=77;epage=80;aulast=Sundaram

The yeast <i>Kodamaea (Pichia) ohmeri</i> is a rare human pathogen with infrequent report of neonatal infection. Native valve endocarditis by <i>Kodamaea ohmeri</i> 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 <i>Kodamaea ohmeri.</i> In spite of the treatment, patient developed sepsis with disseminated intravascular coagulation and could not be revived.