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Ultrasound-guided aspiration of a neonatal brain abscess

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The authors successfully treated a Serratia marcescens brain abscess in the right parieto-occipital region of a newborn infant born at 27 weeks' gestation and weighing 800 g. Bedside ultrasound-guided aspiration techniques and local anesthesia were used to treat the abscess.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisico, California, USA

    William G. Obana, Philip H. Cogen & Michael S. B. Edwards

  2. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisico, California, USA

    Philip H. Cogen & Michael S. B. Edwards

  3. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisico, California, USA

    Peter W. Callen

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Obana, W.G., Cogen, P.H., Callen, P.W. et al. Ultrasound-guided aspiration of a neonatal brain abscess. Child's Nerv Syst 7, 272–274 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00299010

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