Meningism following Salmonella virchow food poisoning.
Thirty six patients were admitted to hospital as a result of Salmonella virchow infection during an outbreak of food poisoning in Essex in 1984. Out of 12 patients with evidence of bloodstream invasion, one third presented primarily with meningism and attention is drawn to this unusual clinical picture.
D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008580:Meningism / Q000209:etiology*; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology