[Citrobacter koseri brain abscess in an infant: case report and literature review]

Arch Argent Pediatr. 2009 Dec;107(6):553-6. doi: 10.1590/S0325-00752009000600015.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We present a 2 month-old female infant admitted to the hospital with macrocephaly as main clinical sign, irritability, and vomiting. The computer tomography scanning showed a cystic frontal image with contralateral ventricle displacement. Surgical intervention was performed. Purulent material culture was positive for Citrobacter koseri (diversus). Cerebrospinal fluid culture was negative. The infant was treated with antibiotics for 6 weeks with a good outcome. She presented postsurgical hydrocephaly and required ventriculoperitoneal valve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Citrobacter koseri / isolation & purification*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / complications*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant