Intracranial Salmonella Infections: Meningitis, Subdural Collections and Brain Abscess

Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar; Pawar, Sanjay J.; Sharma, Rewati Raman

doi:10.1159/000048342

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“…In addition to typical meningitis, focal intracranial infections with NTS can occur with or without meningitis. Principal among these are subdural empyema and brain abscess (178,213,232,236,328,337,404).…”

Section: Salmonella Speciesmentioning

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Invasion of the Central Nervous System by Intracellular Bacteria

2004

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Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a severe and frequently fatal event during the course of many diseases caused by microbes with predominantly intracellular life cycles. Examples of these include the facultative intracellular bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Brucella and Salmonella spp. and obligate intracellular microbes of the Rickettsiaceae family and Tropheryma whipplei. Unfortunately, the mechanisms used by intracellular bacterial pathogens to enter the CNS are less well known than those used by bacterial pathogens with an extracellular life cycle. The goal of this review is to elaborate on the means by which intracellular bacterial pathogens establish infection within the CNS. This review encompasses the clinical and pathological findings that pertain to the CNS infection in humans and includes experimental data from animal models that illuminate how these microbes enter the CNS. Recent experimental data showing that L. monocytogenes can invade the CNS by more than one mechanism make it a useful model for discussing the various routes for neuroinvasion used by intracellular bacterial pathogens

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Section: Salmonella Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Invasion of the Central Nervous System by Intracellular Bacteria

2004

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“…In most patients included in this study, the subdural effusion was bifrontoparietally located. Mahapatra et al [14] reported that subdural effusion was more frequently observed in the bifrontoparietal region, as reported in many studies.…”

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Surgical Treatment Outcomes in Subdural Effusion: A Clinical Study

Yılmaz¹,

Kıymaz²,

Yılmaz³

et al. 2005

Pediatr Neurosurg

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Objective: In this study, patients who underwent surgery due to subdural effusion were retrospectively analyzed. The location, depth and etiology of the subdural effusion, the surgical approach that was used and the recurrence rates were studied in these patients. Method: A total of 32 patients who were followed up and treated for subdural effusion at the Neurosurgery Clinic of the Yüzüncü Yıl University School of Medicine were included in the study; 18 (56%) of the patients were male and 14 (44%) were female. The surgical techniques applied were surgical burr hole drainage, repeated subdural transaxial puncture and subduroperitoneal shunt approaches. The patients were evaluated by computerized tomography of the brain in week 1 and in the third month after surgery. Recurrences were evaluated based on radiological findings and the clinical condition of the patients. Result: The consciousness level of the patients was proportional to the mass effect of the subdural effusion. Lower recurrence rates were found in patients with a large midline shift resulting from the subdural effusion. In addition, recurrence rates were higher in patients with cerebral atrophy and lower protein content in the subdural effusion fluid. It was observed that these patients responded better to the subduroperitoneal shunt treatment.

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“…Her general state was good, with no neurological signs or other accompanying symptoms. Of the blood tests performed on hospital admission, the following results are of interest: 12000 leucocytes per mm 3 , with 72% neutrophils and 8 mg/dl and C-reactive protein (CRP) (normal < 0.5 mg/dl). On suspicion of a possible complication of surgery, a cranial CT-scan was requested, which showed a fluid collection indicative of a right epidural parietal empyema ( Figure 1A).…”

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Brain abscess and epidural empyema caused by Salmonella enteritidis in a child: successful treatment with ciprofloxacin: a case report

Blázquez¹,

Muñoz²,

Gil³

et al. 2009

Cases J

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Focal intracranial infections caused by Salmonella are rare, especially those produced by S. enteritidis. We describe the case of a 26-month-old girl who underwent surgery for a frontoparietal ependymoma and presented with epidural empyema and a brain abscess due to S. enteritidis following an episode of gastroenteritis. The child was successfully treated by surgical drainage along with 9 weeks of antibiotic therapy including ciprofloxacin.

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Intracranial Salmonella Infections: Meningitis, Subdural Collections and Brain Abscess

Cited by 43 publications

References 7 publications

Invasion of the Central Nervous System by Intracellular Bacteria

Invasion of the Central Nervous System by Intracellular Bacteria

Surgical Treatment Outcomes in Subdural Effusion: A Clinical Study

Brain abscess and epidural empyema caused by Salmonella enteritidis in a child: successful treatment with ciprofloxacin: a case report

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