title: Multiple brain abscesses in a premature infant: complication of Staphylococcus aureus sepsis.
abstract: We report a premature infant with Staphylococcus aureus sepsis, most probably originating from an infected peripheral iv site, and complicated by multiple brain abscesses. Diagnosis was made by cranial ultrasonography and computed tomography. Since systemic antibiotic treatment failed, surgical drainage was performed. The same organism that caused the initial sepsis grew from the pyogenic material obtained. The child is currently severely handicapped.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sapir Medical Centre, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Regev
authors.forename: T Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Dolfin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zamir
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004453:Echoencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*