Acute Bacterial Meningitis in an infant- A rare cause
Ponnurangam Nagarajan Vinoth, Rajan Mahalakshmi, Bijje Rajeshbabu, Ram Mohan, Devanathan Balakumaran, Paramasivam Venkataraman
Abstract
We report a case of Salmonella paratyphi B meningitis in a 90 day-old male infant who was admitted with complaints of fever, vomiting and one episode of vacant stare. Clinically, the infant was found to be toxic and dull with a bulging anterior fontanelle. Subsequently, blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures demonstrated the presence of Salmonella Paratyphi B organism.
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