Salmonella meningitis and septicaemia in an non-immunocompromised adult, associated with a cluster of Salmonella Enteritidis PT 14b, Ireland, November 2009

C O ÓhAiseadha; Ó M Dunne; F Desmond; M O’Connor

doi:10.2807/ese.15.07.19489-en

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Salmonella meningitis and septicaemia in an non-immunocompromised adult, associated with a cluster of Salmonella Enteritidis PT 14b, Ireland, November 2009
C O ÓhAiseadha¹ , Ó M Dunne² , F Desmond³ , M O’Connor¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive Eastern Region, Dublin, Ireland ² Department of Medicine and Therapeutics/Nephrology, Division of Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland ³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Division of Anaesthesia, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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Citation style for this article: ÓhAiseadha C O, Dunne Ó M, Desmond F, O’Connor M. Salmonella meningitis and septicaemia in an non-immunocompromised adult, associated with a cluster of Salmonella Enteritidis PT 14b, Ireland, November 2009. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(7):pii=19489. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.07.19489-en Received: 29 Jan 2010

Abstract

We report a fatal case of meningitis caused by Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 14b in a middle-aged man who had no history or findings to suggest he was immunocompromised. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Salmonella meningitis in an adult in Ireland, and the first case of meningitis in an adult caused by phage type 14b. This case was associated with a nationwide cluster of salmonellosis which is still under investigation at the time of writing.