Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant

Sarah Algubaisi; Christoph Bührer; Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale; Birgit Spors

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2014.11.004

IDCases (Jan 2015)

Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant

Sarah Algubaisi,
Christoph Bührer,
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale,
Birgit Spors

Affiliations

Sarah Algubaisi: Department of Neonatology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany
Christoph Bührer: Department of Neonatology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany
Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale: Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany
Birgit Spors: Department of Pediatric Radiology, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.11.004
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 22 – 24

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The treatment of brain abscesses in newborn infants is controversial. We report on a 6-week-old infant with multiple brain abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri that resolved after treatment with combined surgical drainage and intravenous therapy with meropenem and fosfomycin.

Published in IDCases

ISSN: 2214-2509 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/idcases/

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