SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM MENINGITIS
- 1 August 1950
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Diseases of Children
- Vol. 80 (2) , 290-296
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1950.04040020299010
Abstract
There have been 153 cases of Salmonella meningitis reported in the literature up to the present time. Fifteen of these have been due to Salmonella typhimurium, and all of these have been fatal. In this paper we are reporting 2 more cases, in 1 of which the patient recovered. REPORT OF CASES Case 1.—D. C., an 11 week old Negro girl, was admitted to the Cook County Children's Hospital on Jan. 4, 1949. Two days prior to admission the patient was seen in the examining room with low grade fever and crying. A diagnosis of infection of the upper respiratory tract was made, and the child was sent home. The mother brought the infant back two days later because of irritability and a rise in temperature. The patient was the last of five children in the family. Delivery was normal and spontaneous at term. There was a history of diarrheaKeywords
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