title: Infected subdural haematoma due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in an adult.
abstract: A 65-year-old man with a history of alcoholism and gastrectomy was diagnosed with an infected subdural haematoma due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. He was successfully treated with surgical drainage and intravenous ceftriaxone. To our knowledge, there has been no detailed case report in English of infected subdural haematoma or subdural empyema due to Salmonella Typhimurium in adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kayoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kuri
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.|Department of Internal Medicine, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014054:Tomography; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone