Infected subdural haematoma due to Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in an adult.
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.
Hayakawa
Kayoko
K
Department of Internal Medicine, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Oikawa
Akihiro
A
Department of Neurosurgery, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeda
Naoto
N
Department of Neurosurgery, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Sasaki
Kuri
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Hatakeyama
Shuji
S
Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.|Department of Internal Medicine, Okubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone