Salmonella meningitis and infection with HIV.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1990
Abstract
Patients infected with HIV demonstrate increased susceptibility to serious infections with non-typhoidal salmonellae. However, no cases of salmonella meningitis have been reported in this population. We now report three cases of salmonella meningitis which occurred in a population of 1800 patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex at our hospitals. The incidence of meningitis complicating salmonella infection in our HIV-infected population appears to be much higher than that reported in non-AIDS patients (7.5 versus 0.15%). All had cerebrospinal fluid parameters consistent with bacterial meningitis, and two of three revealed organisms on cerebrospinal fluid Gram stain. Two presented with a fulminant illness and died despite therapy; the third developed a brain abscess associated with a relapse of meningitis. Salmonella meningitis should be considered as a cause of acute neurological deterioration in patients at risk for HIV-related disease. Relapses may occur, and mortality is high.
Volume
4
Issue
12
First Page
1271
Last Page
1273
ISSN
0269-9370
Published In/Presented At
Fraimow, H. S., Wormser, G. P., Coburn, K. D., & Small, C. B. (1990). Salmonella meningitis and infection with HIV. AIDS (London, England), 4(12), 1271–1273. https://doi.org/10.1097/00002030-199012000-00015
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2088404
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article