Salmonella meningitis with thrombotic microangiopathy in an exclusively breast-fed infant: Case report

Salmonella species is now a leading cause of meningitis in the developing world. We report a 6-month-old fully vaccinated baby girl who presented with high-grade fever and seizures. Her CSF and blood cultures grew non-typable Salmonella strains. The child was treated with antibiotics and anti-epilep...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Pediatric Critical Care 2019, Vol.6 (5), p.64-66
Hauptverfasser:	Subhash, Swathy, Pandian, Saravana, Ranjit, Suchitra
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	meningitis/bacterial infant/newborn salmonella infections cephalosporins
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Zusammenfassung:	Salmonella species is now a leading cause of meningitis in the developing world. We report a 6-month-old fully vaccinated baby girl who presented with high-grade fever and seizures. Her CSF and blood cultures grew non-typable Salmonella strains. The child was treated with antibiotics and anti-epileptics and discharged home after 2 weeks of hospital stay.Children with salmonella meningitis may present with life-threatening manifestations in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms.
ISSN:	2349-6592 2455-7099
DOI:	10.21304/2019.0605.00534