hydrocephalus/mirabilis

A case neonatal meningitis by proteus mirabilis is presented. Echographic and CT scan studies were performed during clinical evolution, showing generalized brain abscesses appearances that needed surgical treatment. A ventriculo-peritoneal shunt was later practiced to correct hydrocephaly.

Adult Proteus (P.) mirabilis meningitis is relatively rare and has not been examined individually in the English-language literature. During a period of 15 years (January 1986-December 2000), four adult patients with P. mirabilis meningitis and one adult patient with mixed bacterial meningitis