title: Community-acquired Pseudomonas meningitis causes acute obstructive hydrocephalus.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PS) infection is serious in children and can cause malignant external otitis, endophthalmitis, endocarditis, meningitis, pneumonia, and septicemia (Huang et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1). The treatment of Pseudomonas infection requires prompt medical evaluation and appropriate antibiotic treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 6-month-old boy with an unusual presentation of acute obstructive hydrocephalus owing to Pseudomonas meningitis. Treatment with optimal antibiotic begun immediately after the pathogen was recognized and continued for 4 weeks. The patient received prompt surgical intervention for the complication of acute obstructive hydrocephalus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The early stage of obstructive hydrocephalus caused by community-acquired Pseudomonas is rare and should be immediately detected.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Critical and Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jainn-Jim
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chang-Teng
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shao-Hsuan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hsia
authors.forename: Kuang-Lin
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Cheng-Hsun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents