Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Meningitis and Cerebral Abscess in a Neonate: Therapeutic Challenge

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(a) MRI of the head performed on the second hospital day showing mildly dilated lateral and fourth (arrow) ventricles. Cephalhematoma (C) was also noted. (b) Hospital day 13: MRI of the head showing moderately dilated lateral ventricles. Bilateral subdural and left parietooccipital parafalcine fluid collections were noted, suggestive findings of multiple abscesses. (c, d) Hospital day 19: MRI of the head showing multiple enhancing lesions in the bilateral posterior fossa, tentorium (T), and subdural (SD) region, suggestive findings of multiple brain abscesses and subdural empyema. Lateral ventricles (V) were moderately dilated.

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