Open Access<i>Salmonella</i> brain abscess in an infant
Author(s) -
Badhuli Samal,
Seema Oommen,
Anjali Swami,
Madhavi Maskey,
Jayanthi Shastri
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.48943
Subject(s) - salmonella , brain abscess , medicine , abscess , biology , surgery , bacteria , genetics
Brain abscess is an uncommon and serious life-threatening infection in children. Focal intracranial infections caused by Salmonella spp. in this age group are also rare. We report the case of a 4-month-old male infant with a frontoparietal brain abscess caused by Salmonella typhimurium, the presence of which was not suspected clinically.