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Salmonella Meningitis Complicated by Ventriculitis and Brain Abscesses in an HIV Positive Adult Patient

Salmonella meningitis is a rare complication of Salmonella sepsis and is mostly reported in infants and young children. The incidence of Salmonella bacteremia is increased in immunocompromised adult individuals, such as those having human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Ventriculitis and bra...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Tamoor, Ahmed, Taha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33269151
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11223
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description Salmonella meningitis is a rare complication of Salmonella sepsis and is mostly reported in infants and young children. The incidence of Salmonella bacteremia is increased in immunocompromised adult individuals, such as those having human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Ventriculitis and brain abscess as a complication of Salmonella intracranial infection is particularly rare, even in patients who are immunosuppressed. Herein, we report a case of Salmonella meningitis complicated by ventriculitis and two brain abscesses in an HIV positive adult patient requiring mini-craniectomy and drainage along with a prolonged course of antibiotic therapy with a favorable outcome.
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spelling pubmed-77041622020-12-01 Salmonella Meningitis Complicated by Ventriculitis and Brain Abscesses in an HIV Positive Adult Patient Ahmed, Tamoor Ahmed, Taha Cureus Internal Medicine Salmonella meningitis is a rare complication of Salmonella sepsis and is mostly reported in infants and young children. The incidence of Salmonella bacteremia is increased in immunocompromised adult individuals, such as those having human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Ventriculitis and brain abscess as a complication of Salmonella intracranial infection is particularly rare, even in patients who are immunosuppressed. Herein, we report a case of Salmonella meningitis complicated by ventriculitis and two brain abscesses in an HIV positive adult patient requiring mini-craniectomy and drainage along with a prolonged course of antibiotic therapy with a favorable outcome. Cureus 2020-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7704162/ /pubmed/33269151 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11223 Text en Copyright © 2020, Ahmed et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Salmonella Meningitis Complicated by Ventriculitis and Brain Abscesses in an HIV Positive Adult Patient
title Salmonella Meningitis Complicated by Ventriculitis and Brain Abscesses in an HIV Positive Adult Patient
title_full Salmonella Meningitis Complicated by Ventriculitis and Brain Abscesses in an HIV Positive Adult Patient
title_fullStr Salmonella Meningitis Complicated by Ventriculitis and Brain Abscesses in an HIV Positive Adult Patient
title_full_unstemmed Salmonella Meningitis Complicated by Ventriculitis and Brain Abscesses in an HIV Positive Adult Patient
title_short Salmonella Meningitis Complicated by Ventriculitis and Brain Abscesses in an HIV Positive Adult Patient
title_sort salmonella meningitis complicated by ventriculitis and brain abscesses in an hiv positive adult patient
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7704162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33269151
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11223
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