title: Meningitis Caused bySalmonella Newportin a Five-Year-Old Child.
abstract: Salmonella Newportis a Gram-negative bacillus belonging to the Enterobacteria family and the nontyphi Salmonella (NTS), usually related to gastroenteritis. Main difference between NTS andSalmonella typhiis that the last one evolves to an invasive disease easier than NTS. These can progress to bacteremias in around 5% of cases and secondary focuses can appear occasionally, as in meningitis. An infection of the central nervous system is uncommon, considering its incidence in 0.6-8% of the cases; most of them are described in developing countries and mainly in childhood, especially neonates. Bacterial meningitis by NTS mostly affects immunosuppressed people in Europe. Prognosis is adverse, with a 50% mortality rate, mainly due to complications of infection: hydrocephalus, ventriculitis, abscesses, subdural empyema, or stroke. Choice antibiotic treatments are cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, or ceftazidime. The aim of this paper is to present a case of meningitis caused bySalmonella Newportdiagnosed in a five-year-old girl living in a rural area of the province of Ourense (Spain), with favorable evolution and without neurological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Hospital Comarcal Valdeorras, Avenida Conde de Fenosa, No. 50, CP 32300, O Barco, Ourense, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Malet
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, Hospital Comarcal Valdeorras, Avenida Conde de Fenosa, No. 50, CP 32300, O Barco, Ourense, Spain.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ingerto
authors.affiliation: Immunology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Ctra Colmenar Viejo, Km 9,100, CP 28034, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Israel
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4942-2939
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gañán