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Hospital course. Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level and leucocyte count (WBC) peaked after Norwood procedure, sternal closure, during pulmonary hemorrhage and invasive C. parapsilosis infection. Isolation of Enterococcus faecium and C. parapsilosis and mode and duration of treatment are shown. BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage, ECMO: duration of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, HFO: duration of high-frequency oscillation, CPAP: duration of continuous positive airway pressure support, and CVC: central venous line.
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Subsequently, however, CRP levels returned to 12 mg/dL within two days, and there was a marked leucocytosis of 25,000 cells/muL (Figure 1).