Meningoencephalitis to Salmonella. Presentation of cases

Authors

  • Orlando López Torres Hospital Pediátrico Docente Provincial Eliseo Noel Caamaño. Matanzas
  • Guillermo Montalván González Hospital Pediátrico Docente Provincial Eliseo Noel Caamaño. Matanzas
  • José Abel Martínez López Hospital Pediátrico Docente Provincial Eliseo Noel Caamaño. Matanzas
  • Luis O Morejón Llanes Hospital Pediátrico Docente Provincial Eliseo Noel Caamaño. Matanzas

Keywords:

MENINGOENCEPHALITIS, CIPROFLOXACIN, HUMANS, CHILD

Abstract

We present three inpatients with the diagnosis of meningoencephalitis to Salmonella (Non-typhi D in two and C2 in one) attended in the Intensive Care Unit of our hospital from 1989 to 2006. The evolution of the patients infected with the kind non-typhi D was more severe; one of the patients presented osteomyelitis of the lower third of the humerus to the same germen after a 14-days treatment with cefotaxime, and other had a relapse of the meningoencephalitis after 21 days of treatment with cefotaxime and ampicillin. Like other authors, we observed a more aggressive evolution of the infection in these patients in comparison with other bacterial meningoencephalitis, and recommend the treatment with third generation cephalosporin alone at least during 4 weeks or in association with ciprofloxacin.

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López Torres O, Montalván González G, Martínez López JA, Morejón Llanes LO. Meningoencephalitis to Salmonella. Presentation of cases. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 10 [cited 2025 Feb. 2];31(4):425-8. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/646

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 4 (2009)

Section

Presentation of cases

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