Multiple brain abscesses in an extremely preterm infant: treatment surveillance with interleukin-6 in the CSF

Eur J Pediatr. 2004 Jan;163(1):44-5. doi: 10.1007/s00431-003-1333-5. Epub 2003 Oct 29.

Authors

Axel Heep¹, Carlo Schaller, Nanette Rittmann, Urban Himbert, Günter Marklein, Peter Bartmann

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neonatology, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelm University Bonn, Adenauerallee 119, 53113 Bonn, Germany. a.heep@uni-bonn.de

PMID: 14586650
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1333-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacillus cereus*
Biomarkers / blood
Biomarkers / cerebrospinal fluid
Brain Abscess / drug therapy
Brain Abscess / immunology*
Cerebrospinal Fluid / chemistry
Cerebrospinal Fluid / immunology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / immunology*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature / immunology*
Interleukin-6 / blood
Interleukin-6 / cerebrospinal fluid
Interleukin-6 / immunology*
Male
Triplets*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Biomarkers
Interleukin-6