Citrobacter diversus ventriculitis and brain abscesses in an adult

J Infect. 1993 Mar;26(2):207-9. doi: 10.1016/0163-4453(93)93058-c.

Abstract

A case of Citrobacter diversus brain abscesses following urinary infection in an adult is described. The patient was treated with surgical drainage, netilmicin and cefotaxime. Citrobacter species CNS infection is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Cerebral Ventricles / microbiology*
  • Citrobacter / isolation & purification*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Encephalitis / microbiology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / complications
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans