Combination of drainage and chemotherapy for treatment of a Staphylococcus aureus brain abscess in a pre-term infant

Marta Suárez; Marta Costa; Gonzalo Solís; Belén Fernández; Enrique García; Rosa Arias; Jorge Peña; Daniel Coto

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Combination of drainage and chemotherapy for treatment of a Staphylococcus aureus brain abscess in a pre-term infant

Marta Suárez¹, Marta Costa¹, Gonzalo Solís¹, Belén Fernández¹, Enrique García¹, Rosa Arias¹, Jorge Peña² and Daniel Coto¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Service of Neonatology, Pediatrics Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain ² Service of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
Correspondence Marta Suárez [email protected]
Published: 09 October 2015 https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.000100

Abstract

Introduction:

Neonatal brain abscess is an uncommon intracranial suppuration that usually occurs as a complication of bacterial meningitis or septicaemia. Staphylococcus aureus rarely causes brain abscesses during the first months of life.

Case presentation:

A case of a premature infant who developed cerebellar, left temporal and left occipital lobe abscesses after S. aureus sepsis is presented. The pus provided the same S. aureus strain of the sepsis. The patient was treated with vancomycin for 37 days, accompanied by extraction of the purulent material. The abscesses resolved and no sequelae remained.

Conclusion:

It appears that long antibiotic treatment regimes, when associated with early pus drainage, are effective in resolving infection and abscesses caused by S. aureus in neonates.

Received: 03/12/2014
Accepted: 28/08/2015
Published Online: 09/10/2015

Keyword(s): Brain abscess , hydrocephalus , neonatal sepsis , S. aureus and vancomycin

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

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