[Salmonella].
Nontyphoidal salmonella causes infectious gastroenteritis, and sometimes causes bacteremia and meningitis. Gastroenteritis associated with nontyphoidal salmonella, in which fever, diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal cramps, is a common disease. The major way of transmittion is food of animal origin, for example egg. That is the reason why precausion is so important such as wash hands before cooking, avoid eating raw egg and wash the cooking utensils after contact raw foods. In this report, I presented the rare severe case of encephalitis caused by salmonella infection.
Department of Pediatric Emergency, Osaka City General Hospital.
Kiyoko
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D000818:Animals; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D004531:Eggs / Q000382:microbiology*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012480:Salmonella Infections