SALMONELLA BREDENEY MENINGITIS Case Report of a 19 Day Old Infant

A case of Salmonella bredeney meningitis with recovery in a 19 day old infant is reported. This is the youngest patient with Salmonella meningitis known to have recovered. This is the second known case of Salmonella meningitis with recovery in a patient less than one month of age. Treatment with multiple antibiotics and chemotherapy both parenterally and intrathecally produced rapid improvement. An equally effective supportive blood transfusion may have aided this recovery. The use of chloromycetin after discontinuance of all other antibiotics was effective in producing a clinical recovery without relapse. No sequelae were noted at the end of a three month observation period. Attempts at discovering the carrier state of the infesting organism by careful examination of the family revealed no source of infection.