Salmonella brain abscess in an infant

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2009 Apr-Jun;52(2):269-70. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.48943.

Abstract

Brain abscess is an uncommon and serious life-threatening infection in children. Focal intracranial infections caused by Salmonella spp. in this age group are also rare. We report the case of a 4-month-old male infant with a frontoparietal brain abscess caused by Salmonella typhimurium, the presence of which was not suspected clinically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Salmonella Infections / diagnosis*
  • Salmonella Infections / pathology*
  • Salmonella typhimurium / isolation & purification*