title: Brain abscesses during Proteus vulgaris bacteremia.
abstract: Proteus vulgaris is only rarely the cause of multiple septic metastases. We describe multiple brain abscesses due to P. vulgaris in an immunocompetent patient successfully treated by antibiotic therapy and colonectomy.
authors.affiliation: Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Tourcoing, France.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lemaire
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Legout
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferriby
authors.forename: Yazdan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yazdanpanah
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Senneville
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010808:Physical Examination; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D011514:Proteus vulgaris; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D015242:Ofloxacin