Brain abscesses during Proteus vulgaris bacteremia.
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.
Bloch
Jennifer
J
Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Tourcoing, France.
Lemaire
Xavier
X
Legout
Laurence
L
Ferriby
Didier
D
Yazdanpanah
Yazdan
Y
Senneville
Eric
E
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D015242:Ofloxacin