Neonatal meningitis and multiple brain abscesses due to Citrobacter diversus

Pediatr Pathol Lab Med. 1997 Nov-Dec;17(6):977-82.

Abstract

We report a fatal sporadic case of neonatal Citrobacter diversus meningitis with rapid clinical progression. At autopsy, multiple brain abscesses and abscesses in the spinal cord had complicated purulent meningitis. Septic omphalitis was identified as the most likely portal of entry.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Abscess / complications*
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis
  • Brain Abscess / etiology
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology
  • Citrobacter / isolation & purification*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / etiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / etiology
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Umbilicus / microbiology