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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2006;49(4):451-454. Published online April 15, 2006.

A case of scalp abscess caused by Achromobacter xylosoxidans after vacuum delivery

Eun-Young EY Park¹, Moon-Kyung MK Kwon², Seon-Jeong SJ Min³, Hyung-Sik HS Hwang⁴

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yoon Ho Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea
⁴Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Eun-Young EY Park ,Email: neonatol@hanmail.net

Abstract

Achromobacter xylosoxidans is an aerobic gram-negative bacillus that may cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromized patients and newborns. Neonatal scalp abscess is generally a complication of fetal scalp monitoring and is typically polymicrobial. We present a case of a newborn, delivered by vacuum extraction, who developed a scalp abscess that yielded growth of Achromobacter xylosoxidans.

Keywords :Abscess , Achromobacter xylosoxidans , Newborn , Scalp , Vacuum extraction