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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2008; 03(02): 125-130
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556969
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Multiple antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli meningitis in a premature neonate

Muhammad Aslam
a   Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
b   Department of Neonatology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Jennifer N. Cohen
a   Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
c   Department of Neonatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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12 August 2007

05 December 2007

Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

We present a case of multiple antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli meningitis in a premature neonate. He developed subdural empyema, hydrocephalus and seizures and was treated with six weeks of meropenem therapy, phenobarbital and serial lumbar punctures to relieve hydrocephalus. He was discharged home in stable condition.

Keywords

E. coli - neonatal meningitis - antibiotic resistance - GBS prophylaxis