Salmonella meningitis. Occurrence in an adult.
Salmonella meningitis is predominantly a disease of infants. An adult patient is described who had meningitis due to S typhimurium following a traumatic fracture of the first lumbar vertebra. A review of previous cases of Salmonella meningitis in adults revealed a predominance of infection due to S typhi prior to 1940 with a variety of other serotypes isolated since then. Only one of nine patients survived prior to the antibiotic era, but three of five patients with Salmonella meningitis since 1940 have survived.
D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium