caa a22 4500 46318100X CHVBK 20180406164839.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00381-006-0239-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00381-006-0239-8 Brain abscess in a neonate: an unusual presentation [Elektronische Daten] [Ricardo de Oliveira, Vitor Pinho, João Madureira, Helio Machado] Background: Neonatal brain abscesses are very rare and their clinical presentation is specific for this age group. They usually occur as a complication of bacterial meningitis or septicemia. They are most often caused by gram-negative organisms, and mortality and morbidity are still significant in this particular group of patients in spite of antibiotics and modern radiological tools. Methods: We report an unusual case of a multiloculated brain abscess in a term neonate caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The abscess developed in the absence of trauma, prior surgery, cyanotic heart disease, mother's disease, or immune defect. The onset of infection in this case was not clear and image features mimicked a brain tumor in the initial evaluation. The infant was successfully treated by primary surgical excision of the lesion and a 6-week total course of intravenous antibiotics. Conclusion: The interest of this case lies in the rarity of the causative organism and the atypical features of clinical and neurological images in a term neonate. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Brain abscess nationallicence Neonate nationallicence Pediatric neurosurgery nationallicence de Oliveira Ricardo Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil aut Pinho Vitor Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil aut Madureira João Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil aut Machado Helio Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil aut Child's Nervous System Springer-Verlag 23/2(2007-02-01), 139-142 0256-7040 23:2<139 2007 23 381 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0239-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0239-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Oliveira Ricardo Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pinho Vitor Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Madureira João Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Machado Helio Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Campus Universitário, 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Child's Nervous System Springer-Verlag 23/2(2007-02-01), 139-142 0256-7040 23:2<139 2007 23 381 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer