Vertically acquired neonatal citrobacter brain abscess - Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-190

  Agrawal, Deepak ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Citrobacter; Imipenem; Neonatal meningitis; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CILASTATIN; IMIPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 14744281857     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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