Brain abscesses during Proteus vulgaris bacteremia

Neurol Sci. 2011 Aug;32(4):661-3. doi: 10.1007/s10072-010-0408-0. Epub 2010 Oct 2.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / etiology
  • Bacteremia / complications
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain Abscess / etiology
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Community-Acquired Infections
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Physical Examination
  • Proteus Infections / complications
  • Proteus Infections / microbiology*
  • Proteus vulgaris*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ceftriaxone
  • Ofloxacin