Acute Cardiac Failure due to Intra-Atrial Mass Caused by Zygomycetes in an Immunocompromised Paediatric Patient

Cardiac zygomycosis can be a critical condition with sudden onset of severe congestive heart failure followed by severe hemodynamic deterioration. We report a fatal course of disseminated fungal infection with a massive intra-atrial thrombosis caused by a zygomycete, in a five year old boy treated f...

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Autores principales: van de Glind, G. J., Gidding, C. E. M., Verlaat, C. M. W., Duthoi, K., Backx, A. P. C., Verweij, P. E., Warris, A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20671981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/241791
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author van de Glind, G. J.
Gidding, C. E. M.
Verlaat, C. M. W.
Duthoi, K.
Backx, A. P. C.
Verweij, P. E.
Warris, A.
author_facet van de Glind, G. J.
Gidding, C. E. M.
Verlaat, C. M. W.
Duthoi, K.
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description Cardiac zygomycosis can be a critical condition with sudden onset of severe congestive heart failure followed by severe hemodynamic deterioration. We report a fatal course of disseminated fungal infection with a massive intra-atrial thrombosis caused by a zygomycete, in a five year old boy treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. In addition, we discuss the literature concerning infections caused by zygomycetes involving the heart. Prognosis is poor. A high index of suspicion and an aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach with the prompt start of preemptive antifungal therapy are key factors to improve outcome.
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spelling pubmed-29097322010-07-29 Acute Cardiac Failure due to Intra-Atrial Mass Caused by Zygomycetes in an Immunocompromised Paediatric Patient van de Glind, G. J. Gidding, C. E. M. Verlaat, C. M. W. Duthoi, K. Backx, A. P. C. Verweij, P. E. Warris, A. Case Rep Med Case Report Cardiac zygomycosis can be a critical condition with sudden onset of severe congestive heart failure followed by severe hemodynamic deterioration. We report a fatal course of disseminated fungal infection with a massive intra-atrial thrombosis caused by a zygomycete, in a five year old boy treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. In addition, we discuss the literature concerning infections caused by zygomycetes involving the heart. Prognosis is poor. A high index of suspicion and an aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach with the prompt start of preemptive antifungal therapy are key factors to improve outcome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2909732/ /pubmed/20671981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/241791 Text en Copyright © 2010 G. J. van de Glind et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
van de Glind, G. J.
Gidding, C. E. M.
Verlaat, C. M. W.
Duthoi, K.
Backx, A. P. C.
Verweij, P. E.
Warris, A.
Acute Cardiac Failure due to Intra-Atrial Mass Caused by Zygomycetes in an Immunocompromised Paediatric Patient
title Acute Cardiac Failure due to Intra-Atrial Mass Caused by Zygomycetes in an Immunocompromised Paediatric Patient
title_full Acute Cardiac Failure due to Intra-Atrial Mass Caused by Zygomycetes in an Immunocompromised Paediatric Patient
title_fullStr Acute Cardiac Failure due to Intra-Atrial Mass Caused by Zygomycetes in an Immunocompromised Paediatric Patient
title_full_unstemmed Acute Cardiac Failure due to Intra-Atrial Mass Caused by Zygomycetes in an Immunocompromised Paediatric Patient
title_short Acute Cardiac Failure due to Intra-Atrial Mass Caused by Zygomycetes in an Immunocompromised Paediatric Patient
title_sort acute cardiac failure due to intra-atrial mass caused by zygomycetes in an immunocompromised paediatric patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2909732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20671981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/241791
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