Ultrasound-guided aspiration of a neonatal brain abscess.
The authors successfully treated a Serratia marcescens brain abscess in the right parieto-occipital region of a newborn infant born at 27 weeks' gestation and weighing 800 g. Bedside ultrasound-guided aspiration techniques and local anesthesia were used to treat the abscess.
Obana
W G
WG
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
Cogen
P H
PH
Callen
P W
PW
Edwards
M S
MS
D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography