A Rare Complication of Proteus Brain Abscess Due to Coccidioidomycosis Causing Hydrocephalus

• Main Authors: Kevin Trong Dao MD (Author), Saakshi Dulani DO (Author), Aishwarya Saripalli MD (Author), Shikha Mishra MD (Author), Kasey Fox DO (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Proteus mirabilis is a very common gram-negative facultative anaerobe seen in urinary tract infections. This rod-shaped bacterium tends to cause urolithiasis via its ability to alkalinize the urine. However, in some cases, this bacterium has been shown to cause bacteremia as well as other complicate...