A Case Report of SARS-CoV-2 and Salmonella Coinfection in an Infant With Brain Abscess and Sepsis

Amal Aldhaheri; Sarah Nagadi; Abeer Alnajjar; Khouloud Alsofyani; Mohammad S Agha

doi:10.7759/cureus.46320

A Case Report of SARS-CoV-2 and Salmonella Coinfection in an Infant With Brain Abscess and Sepsis

Cureus. 2023 Oct 1;15(10):e46320. doi: 10.7759/cureus.46320. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Amal Aldhaheri¹, Sarah Nagadi², Abeer Alnajjar¹, Khouloud Alsofyani², Mohammad S Agha³

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SAU.
² Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, SAU.
³ Pediatrics, National Research Center, Cairo, EGY.

Abstract

The impact of community-acquired bacteremia on the prognosis of children with COVID-19 is an area of ongoing research. Pediatric data on this aspect is limited. Here, we report the case of a four-month-old male infant who presented to King Abdulaziz University Hospital in January 2022 with a co-infection of COVID-19 and Salmonella meningitis, and sepsis complicated by a brain abscess.

Keywords: brain abscess; covid-19; infant; salmonella; sepsis.

Publication types

Case Reports