Citrobacter diversus brain abscess: case reports and molecular epidemiology

Brain abscess by citrobacter diversus in infancy: case report.

Citrobacter diversus is closely related to brain abscess in newborn infants. We describe a case of brain abscess by this bacteria in a newborn infant and his clinical and cranial computed tomographic evaluation until the fourth month of life and discuss therapeutic management of this patient.

Chromosome - encoded f - lactamases of Citrobacter diversus

* Universita degli Studi dell'Aquila Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche e di Biometria, Cattedre di Chimica Biologica e Biologia Molecolare, Localita Collemaggio, 1-67 100 L'Aquila, Italy, t Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Service de Microbiologie, Universite de Liege Institut de Chimie, B6, B-4000 Sart Tilman (Liege), Belgium, and I Rijksuniversiiteit-Gent Laboratorium voor Microbiol...

Citrobacter diversus isolated from clinical material.

Forty-seven strains of Citrobacter diversus were isolated during a 12-month period from clinical material obtained from patients in a general hospital in Israel. The majority of cultures (38) were recovered from urine and wound discharges. There was one case of septicemia. The biochemical reactions of all cultures were typical for this species, except one that was anaerogenic, and they could be...

Abscess caused by Citrobacter koseri infection: three case reports and a literature review.

In this report, we present 3 cases of abscess caused by Citrobacter koseri. All infected patients recovered after initial empirical antibiotic treatment and percutaneous drainage of the abscess. We reviewed the literature and found 9 adult cases of C. koseri abscess. Most of these patients recovered after timely antibiotic treatment and drainage.

Retropharyngeal abscess: case reports.