Clostridium septicum brain abscesses in a premature neonate.
Brain abscesses in neonates are typically caused by Gram-negative organisms. There are no previously described cases caused by Clostridium septicum. We present a case of a premature male infant who developed recurrent episodes of suspected necrotizing enterocolitis followed by brain abscesses, cerebritis and ventriculitis caused by C. septicum.
From the *Division of Infectious Diseases; †Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic; ‡Mayo Medical School; §Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology; and ¶Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Sapna P
SP
Sadarangani
Rachel
R
Batdorf
Lillian C
LC
Buchhalter
Anna
A
Mrelashvili
Ritu
R
Banerjee
Nancy K
NK
Henry
W Charles
WC
Huskins
Thomas G
TG
Boyce
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D052557:Clostridium septicum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography