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Yersinia enterolitica bacteremia with intracranial extension
L Coppens1, B Sztern, D Korman
1Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Molière-Longchamp, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report an unusual observation of Yersinia enterolitica (YE) bacteremia with subcutaneous with subcutaneous abscesses on the scalp and, by gradual extension, cerebritis in a diabetic patient. All clinical signs disappeared after surgical drainage of the abscesses and protracted antibiotherapy. The well-known affinity of YE for iron led us to demonstrate an unrecognized hemochromatosis.