Acute Salmonella typhi meningitis complicated by sylvian artery obstruction in a 25-day-old infant.

Acute Salmonella typhi meningitis is rare in neonates, mostly reported from developing countries with poor socioeconomic conditions. Case report - A male Caucasian newborn presented with acute Salmonella typh i meningitis at the age of 25 days. His parents had traveled across several African countries under rudimentary hygienic conditions a few months befor e his birth, Despite early and adapted antibiotic therapy (cefotaxime plus netilmycine), the child developed ischemia in the region of the left sylvia n artery. Conclusion. - Salmonella meningitis must be considered while dealing with a sick newborn whose mother has traveled across countries with endemic typho id. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.