ENCEPHALOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH SALMONELLA-ENTERITIDIS INFECTION

A 15-year-old boy who presented with a short history of a diarrhoeal i llness associated with encephalopathic features is described. Salmonel la enteritidis phage type 4 was cultured from his stool. Although ence phalopathy in the absence of CNS infection or electrolyte disturbance is well described in enteric fever, it is very rare in infections with non-typhoidal Salmonella serotypes and has not previously been descri bed in association with S. enteritidis infection.