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9810371

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
We report a case of a preterm neonate with very low birth weight (775 grs), He stayed 77 days in a neonatal care unit due to respiratory distress syndrome, with respiratory support for 27 days, and complications in gastrointestinal and nervous systems. In a structural normal heart, he developed infective endocarditis that was treated with good bacteriologic results. An echocardiogram showed the persistence of a mass in the right atrium, the mass was a thrombus and it was resected. Histopathological analysis and cultures of the thrombus reported Prototheca sp. that is an algae. The patient received medical treatment with amphothericin B with satisfactory clinical evolution. He is doing well 6 months later. This is the first report of literature of an algae causing endocarditis.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-3785
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
333-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Endocarditis due to an alga of the genus Prototheca sp. A saprophyte of water and of tree sap?].
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Cardiología Pediátrica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, México, D.F.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review, Case Reports