Lobar pneumonia caused by nontyphoidal Salmonella in a Malawian child.

Category Primary study
JournalThe Pediatric infectious disease journal
Year 2006
Nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) is recognized as a common cause of bacteremia in malaria-endemic Africa but its importance as a cause of pneumonia is uncertain. We report a case of pneumonia caused by NTS confirmed by culture of lung aspirate from a consolidated left lung in a 16 month-old HIV-uninfected girl who had been admitted to the hospital 1 month previously with severe malaria. She did not respond to first-line antibiotic therapy for benzylpenicillin and gentamicin but improved with ceftriaxone therapy.
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First added on: Dec 06, 2021