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• TITLE: Premature newborn with intracardiac fungus balls and endocarditis which is curable only with anti-fungal therapy: Case presentation

  AUTHORS: Mecnun Cetin, Serkan Ozen, Munevver Yildirimer, Murat Deveci, Senol Coskun, Metehan Kizilkaya

  KEYWORDS: Invasive Fungal Infection; Endocarditis; Candida tropicalis

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.2 No.5, August 9, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Invasive fungal infections often caused by Candida species are infections which have high morbidity and mortality rates in newborn infants. 5% of the cases have also concomitant endocarditis and this causes mortality rates over 60%. Thus it has vital importance to diagnose and treat these patients with endocarditis in early stages. Most preferred treatment option is a surgical incision in addition to systemic anti-fungal therapy. Here we presented an extremely low birth weight, premature newborn with endocarditis caused by Candida tropicalis and cured solely by systemic anti-fungal treatment without the need for surgical intervention.