The Risk of Immunosuppression: A Case of Salmonella Meningitis
Salmonella meningitis is a rare infection, particularly in adults. We report the case of a 75-year-old female with a history of rheumatoid arthritis on TNF-antagonist immunosuppressive therapy who initially presented to the hospital for management of back and leg pain and was ultimately diagnosed wi...
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| description | Salmonella meningitis is a rare infection, particularly in adults. We report the case of a 75-year-old female with a history of rheumatoid arthritis on TNF-antagonist immunosuppressive therapy who initially presented to the hospital for management of back and leg pain and was ultimately diagnosed with bacterial meningitis secondary to Salmonella species infection. She was treated with ceftriaxone with slow improvement in neurological function. Though the source of infection was never clearly identified from multiple imaging studies, we suspect the severity of her presentation was due to her history of TNF-antagonist use. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-99c41c52f48d4a218e5d762ad4a21c6f2025-02-03T05:47:14ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/48745754874575The Risk of Immunosuppression: A Case of Salmonella MeningitisJoshua Dower0David P. Lerner1Tamar Geva2Kenneth Wener3Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USALahey Hospital and Medical Center, 41 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USALahey Hospital and Medical Center, 41 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USALahey Hospital and Medical Center, 41 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805, USASalmonella meningitis is a rare infection, particularly in adults. We report the case of a 75-year-old female with a history of rheumatoid arthritis on TNF-antagonist immunosuppressive therapy who initially presented to the hospital for management of back and leg pain and was ultimately diagnosed with bacterial meningitis secondary to Salmonella species infection. She was treated with ceftriaxone with slow improvement in neurological function. Though the source of infection was never clearly identified from multiple imaging studies, we suspect the severity of her presentation was due to her history of TNF-antagonist use.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4874575 |
| spellingShingle | Joshua Dower David P. Lerner Tamar Geva Kenneth Wener The Risk of Immunosuppression: A Case of Salmonella Meningitis Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | The Risk of Immunosuppression: A Case of Salmonella Meningitis |
| title_full | The Risk of Immunosuppression: A Case of Salmonella Meningitis |
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| title_short | The Risk of Immunosuppression: A Case of Salmonella Meningitis |
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