Citrobacter koseri meningitis with cerebral edema and pneumocephalus in a neonate

Sometimes the only indicator of a serious infection in a neonate is a fever. Citrobacter koseri (C. koseri) has been reported to cause neonatal brain abscesses in the setting of meningitis. Although rare, pneumocephalus, secondary to C. koseri, carries a very high mortality. A 17-day-old male presen...

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Main Authors: Hillary Howell Ward, DO, Priyanka Lauber, DO, Lexis T. Laubach, BS, Jacob Fishbein, BS, Marna Rayl Greenberg, DO, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043320306671