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Infected cephalohematoma complicated with meningitis: report of one case
Chien-Shuo Huang1, Kuang-Jen Cheng, Chung-Bin Huang
1Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Municipal Women & Children General Hospital, Taiwan.
Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica = Taiwan Er Ke Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi
|September 20, 2002
Abstract:
Infected cephalohematoma associated with meningitis is rarely reported. We report the case of 19-day-old female newborn with a cephalohematoma infected by Escherichia coli, and whose cerebrospinal fluid showed pleocytosis. Antibiotics alone could not eradicate the infection of the cephalohematoma, and surgical incision and drainage resulted in obvious clinical improvement. Three weeks of antibiotic usage completed the course of treatment.