MULTIPLE BRAIN ABSCESSES AND BACTEREMIA IN A CHILD DUE TO FUSOBACTERIUM-NECROPHORUM

Authors
MEIS JFGM POLDER TW VANDEKAR P HOOGKAMPKORSTANJE JAA
Citation
Jfgm. Meis et al., MULTIPLE BRAIN ABSCESSES AND BACTEREMIA IN A CHILD DUE TO FUSOBACTERIUM-NECROPHORUM, Infection, 21(3), 1993, pp. 174-176
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008126
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
174 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(1993)21:3<174:MBAABI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A case of Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteremia and multiple brain absc esses in a 6-year-old child following a Mycoplasma pneumoniae infectio n is described. Brain abscess due to this microorganism has only been described in three other cases since 1977. The clinical picture was co nsistent with postanginal septicemia, with septic metastatic complicat ions normally only seen in teenagers and young adults. The patient was successfully treated with a 2-month course of parenteral penicillin G and metronidazole.