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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2012; 02(04): 63-64
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703616
Case Report

A PLAUSIBLE COMMUNITY INDUCED SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROTYPE PARATYPHI B INFECTION CAUSING INFANTILE MENINGITIS: A CASE REPORT

Ganesh H. R.
1   Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575018
,
Vimal Kumar Karnaker
2   Professor and HOD, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575018
,
Sanjeev H.
3   Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575018
,
Rekha Rai
4   Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575018
,
Asha Pai K. B.
5   Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575018
,
Krishna Prasad M. S.
6   Professor, Department of Microbiology, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575018
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Abstract

A female infant admitted with pyogenic meningitis due to Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi B. The organism was isolated from CSF and blood cultures.

Keywords

Meningitis - Salmonella - Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi B


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