PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K Swe Swe
AU  - G Nagel
AU  - M Van der Westhuizen
AU  - A A Hoosen
TI  - <em>Salmonella typhimurium</em> meningitis in an adult patient with AIDS
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.2006.043216
DP  - 2008 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 138--139
VI  - 61
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/1/138.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/61/1/138.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2008 Jan 01; 61
AB  - Salmonella meningitis is an unusual complication of Salmonella sepsis and occurs mainly in children. A rare case of Salmonella typhimurium meningitis occurring in an adult HIV positive man who presented with a history of fever and diarrhoea is reported. On examination he was dehydrated, and had oral thrush, weakness of lower limbs and neck stiffness. A septic diagnostic screen was performed and he was commenced on empiric intravenous cefotaxime therapy for meningitis. S typhimurium was cultured from cerebrospinal fluid and blood culture specimens. It was non-lactose fermenting, oxidase negative, H2S positive and motile. Cefotaxime was continued for 14 days and the patient responded without neurological sequelae.