title: Citrobacter sedlakii meningitis and brain abscess in a premature infant.
abstract: Citrobacter sedlakii was isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures of a 5-day-old premature infant with sepsis, meningitis, and brain abscess. This newly described organism was difficult to identify due to discrepancies between the Vitek and API 20E identification systems. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the isolation of C. sedlakii from cerebrospinal fluid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60612, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Hayani
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Janda
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Schreckenberger
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000382:microbiology*