Late-onset sepsis due to Salmonella Typhi in a preterm infant in a French neonatal unit

S Walser; F El Moussawi; J M Sire; J Do Cao; P Boileau; M Letouzey

doi:10.1016/j.arcped.2020.10.013

Late-onset sepsis due to Salmonella Typhi in a preterm infant in a French neonatal unit

Arch Pediatr. 2021 Jan;28(1):93-95. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2020.10.013. Epub 2020 Nov 27.

Authors

S Walser¹, F El Moussawi¹, J M Sire², J Do Cao³, P Boileau⁴, M Letouzey⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neonatal Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy-Saint-Germain, 10, rue du champ Gaillard, 78300 Poissy, France.
² Department of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy-Saint-Germain, 10, rue du champ Gaillard, 78300 Poissy, France.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Hôpital Antoine-Béclère, 157, rue de la porte de Trivaux, 92140 Clamart, France.
⁴ Department of Neonatal Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy-Saint-Germain, 10, rue du champ Gaillard, 78300 Poissy, France; Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, 78180 Montigny-Le-Bretonneux, France.
⁵ Department of Neonatal Pediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy-Saint-Germain, 10, rue du champ Gaillard, 78300 Poissy, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 33257212
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2020.10.013

Abstract

We report a case of late-onset sepsis caused by Salmonella Typhi in a one-month old preterm infant hospitalised in our neonatal unit. An investigation of the index case was undertaken to identify the source of contamination. The patient made a complete recovery.

Keywords: Late-onset sepsis; Neonatal intensive care unit; Preterm infants; Salmonella Typhi.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

France
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnosis*
Infant, Premature, Diseases / microbiology
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Male
Neonatal Sepsis / diagnosis*
Neonatal Sepsis / microbiology
Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification*
Typhoid Fever / diagnosis*