Subdural empyema due to salmonella infection

Pediatr Neurosurg. 1998 Feb;28(2):89-90. doi: 10.1159/000028627.

Abstract

A case of a 6-month-old child with a Salmonella subdural empyema is reported. The causative organism was never suspected until the culture report was available. The child responded well to surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Brain / microbiology*
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Brain Abscess / surgery
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drainage
  • Empyema, Subdural / drug therapy
  • Empyema, Subdural / microbiology*
  • Empyema, Subdural / surgery
  • Focal Infection / drug therapy
  • Focal Infection / microbiology*
  • Focal Infection / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Salmonella Infections* / drug therapy
  • Salmonella Infections* / surgery
  • Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification*