ABSTRACT
In this report, we discuss the case of a male neonate who underwent surgical correction for coarctation of the aorta. The recovery of this patient was complicated by postsurgical necrotizing pneumonitis that resolved completely after a prolonged hospital stay with recurrent deterioration.
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Aortic Coarctation/surgery , Cardiac Surgical Procedures , Cross Infection/etiology , Pneumonia, Bacterial/etiology , Postoperative Complications , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Cross Infection/drug therapy , Cross Infection/microbiology , Enterobacter cloacae/isolation & purification , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/diagnosis , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/drug therapy , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/diagnosis , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/drug therapy , Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/etiology , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Pneumonia, Bacterial/drug therapy , Pneumonia, Bacterial/microbiology , Pseudomonas Infections/diagnosis , Pseudomonas Infections/drug therapy , Pseudomonas Infections/etiology , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification , Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis , Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy , Staphylococcal Infections/etiology , Stenotrophomonas maltophilia/isolation & purification , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Intracranial calcification has a variety of etiologies; among those are environmental and metabolic disturbances involving calcium homeostasis. The main environmental factors resulting in intracranial calcification are congenital infections with toxoplasmosis, and cytomegalovirus. There are increasing reports on cases showing pictures of congenital infection in the absence of confirmative positive TORCH screen, and there are many cases reported worldwide sharing the same presentation labeled as autosomal recessive congenital infection-like syndrome or pseudo-TORCH syndrome (OMIM 600158).
