First report of Salmonella meningitis in children during 2011-2015 meningitis surveillance in Niger

Paper Details

Research Paper 01/06/2017
Views (288) Download (26)
current_issue_feature_image
publication_file

First report of Salmonella meningitis in children during 2011-2015 meningitis surveillance in Niger

A. Ali, J. Zanguina, A. Sousso, A. Moumouni, O. Sani
Int. J. Micro. Myco.5( 6), 1-6, June 2017.
Certificate: IJMM 2017 [Generate Certificate]

Abstract

Meningitis due to salmonella is a rare infection poorly or not reported from NIGER. The infection is a complication of Salmonella infection that occurs in infants. Salmonella is the fourth cause of meningitis in Niger children, after Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae b. This retrospective study aimed to describe cases of salmonella meningitis in Niger infants. From January 2011 to December 2015, 6630 CSF collected nationwide were sent through an effective samples transport circuit already in place to allow the rapid delivery of thé CSF in CERMES, the National Reference laboratory-based meningitis surveillance for analysis. All turbid CSF from under 5 years patients were respectively cultured on Hektoen medium, Trypticase soy agar plate containing 5% sheep blood; and on chocolate agar plate. Gram negative bacilli were identified using API20 system. A total of 11/6630 (0.2%) Salmonella strains were isolated during the study. Most of the patients (72.7%) were less than 2 years old. The average age of children was 2.63 years with an extreme of 1 month to 14 years and the sex ratio M/F was 0.83. Of the eleven salmonella species detected, we found 7(63.6%) Salmonella typhi, 2 (16.7%) Salmonella spp, 1(8. 3%) Salmonella paratyphi A and 1 (8.3%) Salmonella paratyphi B. This study showed that Salmonella meningitis is a rare public health problem in Niger, despite the limitation on clinical symptoms data from patient case forms. Though, there was a risk which deserves to take salmonella in account in case of child meningitis.

VIEWS 11

Altun HU. 2014. Antimicrobial susceptibilities of clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates with different genotypes. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, 7(12), pp.2012-2015.

Anon. 2015. Contribution de l ’ OMS à la gestion de l ’ épidémie de méningite de 2015 au Niger Juillet 2015.

Anon. 2009. Rapport de stage Mastère professionnel. Christensen, a C. & Frederiksen, W., 1988. Etiology of bacterial meningitis. Ugeskrift for laeger 150, pp.655-657.

Cooke FJ. 2009. Report of neonatal meningitis due to Salmonella enterica serotype agona and review of breast milk-associated neonatal Salmonella infections. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 47(9), pp.3045-3049.

Hardy C. 1984. Salmonella meningitis following treatment of enteritis with neomycin. Postgraduate medical journal 60(702), pp.284-6.

Kanchanapongkul J. 1995. Salmonella: a rare cause of meningitis in an adult. The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 26(1), pp.195-197.

Keddy KH. 2015. Clinical and microbiological features of salmonella meningitis in a South African Population, 2003-2013. Clinical Infectious Diseases 61 (Suppl 4), pp.S272-S282.

Khoshbakht R. 2013. Antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial strains isolated from urinary tract infections in Karaj, Iran. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology 6(1), pp.86-90.

Mahalakshmi R. 2013. Salmonella paratyphi B meningitis in an infant. Australasian Medical Journal, 2009 (may18 1) pp.350-353.

Mond-Yeni AR. 1997. Salmonella meningitis in children in Libreville. Retrospective study of 9 cases. Arch Pediatr 4, p.1175.

OLAYINKA Ishola D, Gladys Taiwo A. 2014. Frozen Retail Poultry Meat Contact Surfaces as Sources of Salmonella and Escherichia Coli Contamination in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology 2(4), pp.81-85.

Owusu-Ofori A, Scheld WM. 2003. Treatment of Salmonella meningitis: Two case reports and a review of the literature. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 7(1), pp.53-60.

Sangaré L. 2007. [Salmonella meningitis in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 2000 to 2004]. Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990), 100(1), pp.53-6.

Singhal V. 2012. Neonatal Salmonella Typhi Meningitis: A rare entity. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 6(8), pp.1433-1434.

Srifuengfung S. 2005. s outheast a sian j t rop m ed p ublic h ealth salmonella meningitis and antimicrobial 36(2).

Tabo DA. 2015. Are salmonella-induced gastroenteritis neglected in developing countries? Feedback from microbiological investigations in N’Djamena Hospitals, Chad. PLoS ONE 10(8), pp.18

Thiombiano R. 2007. M éningites dues à Salmonella au CHU de Ouaga- dougou , Burkina Faso ( 2000-2004 ) (1), pp.53-56.

Totan M. 2001. Neonatal Salmonella typhimurium meningitis. Indian Journal of Pediatrics 68(11), pp.1079-1080.

Unhanand M. 1993. Gram-negative enteric bacillary meningitis: A twenty-one-year experience. The Journal of Pediatrics 122(1), pp.15-21.

Watson KC. 1957. Salmonella meningitis.

Williamson M, Murti PK. 1990. A bacteriological study of purulent meningitis in children. Indian journal of pathology & microbiology 33(2), pp.157-160.