Surgical Site Infection Caused by Salmonella Enteritidis in a Patient With Meningioma

Abstract

Salmonella is known to cause gastrointestinal illness globally. Primarily being an enteric pathogen, other extraintestinal infections are often obscured by gastrointestinal disease. However, Salmonella has also been reported to cause wound infections, endovascular infections, pneumonia, abscess, and osteomyelitis. These are more commonly encountered in immunocompromised patients, especially in developing countries. The authors report a case of surgical-site infection caused by Salmonella in a patient with meningioma. Salmonella causes only less than 1% of infections involving bones and joints and is more commonly reported from patients with sickle-cell hemoglobinopathy or autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus. Our patient had no such risk factors. This report highlights the unusual presentation of Salmonella infection in a diabetic patient, which further complicated the ongoing illness, thereby increasing the morbidity.