title: Neonatal meningitis and multiple brain abscesses due to Citrobacter diversus.
abstract: We report a fatal sporadic case of neonatal Citrobacter diversus meningitis with rapid clinical progression. At autopsy, multiple brain abscesses and abscesses in the spinal cord had complicated purulent meningitis. Septic omphalitis was identified as the most likely portal of entry.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pathology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jay
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000382:microbiology