Wound infection with meningitis caused by Salmonella typhimurium.
We report a case of postoperative wound infection and meningitis with Salmonella typhimurium in a 66-year-old woman who had been operated on for a cerebral meningioma. The diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic implications are discussed.
Singh
R V
RV
Department of Neurosurgery, North Staffordshire Hospital Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Yeh
J S
JS
D000368:Aged; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery*; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery
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