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  • Title: Citrobacter koseri meningitis: a neurosurgical condition?
    Author: Martínez-Lage JF, Martínez-Lage Azorín L, Almagro MJ, Bastida ME, Reyes S, Tellez C.
    Journal: Eur J Paediatr Neurol; 2010 Jul; 14(4):360-3. PubMed ID: 19717321.
    Abstract:
    A 2-month-old girl developed meningitis, ventriculitis and brain abscess in the course of Citrobacter koseri infection. She was successfully treated with the combined use of antibiotics, intra-cavitary urokinase and surgery, thus avoiding the development of hydrocephalus and of ventricular loculation. C. koseri is a Gram-negative pathogen with a strong predilection for the neonatal brain. Brain abscesses develop in roughly 77% of cases, causing severe neurological sequels in one-half and death in one-third of patients. The authors aim to report the role of neurosurgical treatment for managing the severe complications that may arise in the course of C. koseri brain infection and the use of urokinase for preventing the development of loculated hydrocephalus.
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