MULTIPLE BRAIN ABSCESSES IN A PREMATURE-INFANT - COMPLICATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS SEPSIS

Authors
REGEV RH DOLFIN TZ ZAMIR C
Citation
Rh. Regev et al., MULTIPLE BRAIN ABSCESSES IN A PREMATURE-INFANT - COMPLICATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS SEPSIS, Acta paediatrica, 84(5), 1995, pp. 585-587
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Acta paediatrica → ACNP
ISSN journal
08035253
Volume
84
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
585 - 587
Database
ISI
SICI code
0803-5253(1995)84:5<585:MBAIAP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report a premature infant with Staphylococcus aureus sepsis, most p robably originating from an infected peripheral iv site, and complicat ed by multiple brain abscesses. Diagnosis was made by cranial ultrason ography and computed tomography. Since systemic antibiotic treatment f ailed, surgical drainage was performed. The same organism that caused the initial sepsis grew from the pyogenic material obtained. The child is currently severely handicapped.