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

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.

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Autores principales: Algubaisi, Sarah, Bührer, Christoph, Thomale, Ulrich-Wilhelm, Spors, Birgit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.11.004
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spelling pubmed-46726062016-01-20 Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant Algubaisi, Sarah Bührer, Christoph Thomale, Ulrich-Wilhelm Spors, Birgit IDCases Case Report 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. Elsevier 2014-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4672606/ /pubmed/26793443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.11.004 Text en © 2014 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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Algubaisi, Sarah
Bührer, Christoph
Thomale, Ulrich-Wilhelm
Spors, Birgit
Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant
title Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant
title_full Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant
title_fullStr Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant
title_full_unstemmed Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant
title_short Favorable outcome in cerebral abscesses caused by Citrobacter koseri in a newborn infant
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4672606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.11.004
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