Neonatal brain abscess with serratia marcescens after intrauterine infection: a case report

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    The healthcare environment is conducive to transmitting pathogens which are ten times more resistant to treatment than average, including Serratia marcescens. S. marcescens is the main pathogen responsible for central nervous system infections, respiratory tract infections, bacteremia, endocarditis, peritonitis, arthritis, osteomyelitis, keratitis, urinary tract infections, and skin infections. Of 11 Bacteremia and sepsis can often lead to central nervous system infections in neonates. Brain abscesses are a possibly life-threatening complication of bacterial sepsis or central nervous system infection. The authors present the case of a single brain abscess in a preterm neonate as . . .

     

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