Salmonella enteritidis meningitis in a first time diagnosed AIDS patient: Case report

We describe a patient with salmonella enteritidis meningitis and unknown HIV infection. Setting: A 14-bed adult intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital. The patient was brought to the emergency department with fever, nuchal rigidity and confusion. A first cerebrospinal fluid examination was non diagnostic. After a short period of improvement the patient developed septic shock. A second cerebrospinal fluid specimen was purulent. Both specimens yielded salmonella enteritidis and a blood culture as well. An Eliza reaction was performed and showed positive for HIV. The CD4(+) cells count was 16/mm(3). The patient died with refractory shock eight days after admission in the intensive care unit.