Abstract

Salmonella meningitis is a rare central nervous system infection during infancy and childhood with a high mortality and morbidity rate. Salmonella meningitis can not be distinguished easily from the bacterial meningitis caused by other infectious agents, easily. The diagnosis is confirmed by isolation of salmonella sp. from the CSF and blood and positive Gruber-Widal test. A 6-months-old female with a history of fever, lethargy, bulging fontanel and seizures was diagnosed bacterial meningitis with initial CSF analysis results. The diagnosis was confirmed as salmonella meningitis and salmonella sepsis with the isolatation of salmonella spp from CSF and blood and positive Gruber-Widal test. Ampicilline sulbactam and cephtriaxone antibiotherapy was started empirically. On the 14th day therapy was switched to meropenem and amikacin. The child was dismissed from the hospital on the 30th day of admission without neurologic sequela. Her physical and neurologic examination was normal on her last control, one year of age. The case is presented because of its rarity.