Brain abscess following meningitis in a neonate: report of three cases

Parisa Azimi

Brain abscess following meningitis in a neonate: report of three cases

Parisa Azimi ^{1
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¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Imam Hossein General Hospital, Tehran, Iran.

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Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases: 6 (3); 131-135
Article Type: Case Report

To Cite: Azimi P. Brain abscess following meningitis in a neonate: report of three cases, Arch Clin Infect Dis. Online ahead of Print ; 6(3):131-135.

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Patients and Method: Three cases of brain abscess in neonates are reported, 2 of them were caused by Citrobacter meningitis while another case was caused by Klebsiella abscess following meningitis. All of the abscesses were enormous, and multiple abscesses were observed in 1 case. The abscesses were treated by aspiration and antibiotics. Shunt for hydrocephalus was necessary in all patients. No sources of infection were identified in three cases. The onset of infection was not clear in our cases. Finally, 1 patient could improvement while the other two patients were died. One extremely rare case of Klebsiella brain abscesses was reported.

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