Meningitis Caused by Salmonella Newport in a Five-Year-Old Child

Abstract

Salmonella Newport is a Gram-negative bacillus belonging to the Enterobacteria family and the nontyphi Salmonella (NTS), usually related to gastroenteritis. Main difference between NTS and Salmonella typhi is that the last one evolves to an invasive disease easier than NTS. These can progress to bacteremias in around 5% of cases and secondary focuses can appear occasionally, as in meningitis. An infection of the central nervous system is uncommon, considering its incidence in 0.6–8% of the cases; most of them are described in developing countries and mainly in childhood, especially neonates. Bacterial meningitis by NTS mostly affects immunosuppressed people in Europe. Prognosis is adverse, with a 50% mortality rate, mainly due to complications of infection: hydrocephalus, ventriculitis, abscesses, subdural empyema, or stroke. Choice antibiotic treatments are cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, or ceftazidime. The aim of this paper is to present a case of meningitis caused by Salmonella Newport diagnosed in a five-year-old girl living in a rural area of the province of Ourense (Spain), with favorable evolution and without neurological disorders.

Salmonella meningitis with hydrocephalus as complication in children: A case series

“…The source of infection and mode of transmission in our patient is not clear. Salmonella infection is almost always by the faecal-oral route and nontyphoidal salmonella are common cause of food-borne illnsses [5,8]. Clinical manifestations of Salmonella meningitis include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, irritable, recurrent seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, sometimes high pitch cry in infants.…”