Abstract

SANCHEN CASAS, Alexis; TORRES FROMETA, Luisa D; HERNANDEZ CISNEROS, Raquel D  and  ESTEVEZ SIERRA, Ingrid. Bacterial meningoencephalitis for salmonellas. AMC [online]. 2001, vol.5, n.3. ISSN 1025-0255.

The unfrequent isolation of Salmonellas as causative agent of bacterial maningoencephalitis, has motivated us to present five cases four of them are children within the ages of 2 months to year and an old woman of 68 suffering of chronic lymphoid leukemia. Among infants, one had bbronchopneumoniaand otitis hystory, the second presented, meningoencephalitis to H. Influenzae, the third myelomeningocele and the fourth one athrepsy of biliary passages. Symptoms of fever, cephalea, vomits, respiratory and digestive disorders and irritability were present in all patients. In two childrens and elder woman Salmonella B was isolated, in another Salmonella D and in the fourth Salmonella C2. Two patients, out, died: a child and a woman, both with Salmonella B. The detection of this disease in a short period of time and the possible source of infection of this bacteria not found in our work, is of clinical, epidemiological and curative interest.

Keywords : MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS.