Citrobacter koseri Renal Abscess in an Adolescent

Affiliations

¹ F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
³ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Case Reports

Colton B Juell et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024.

. 2024 Oct 1;43(10):e377.

doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004405. Epub 2024 May 29.

¹ F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
³ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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