[Cerebral abscess during a severe form of Salmonella typhimurium bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient].

BACKGROUND: Bacteremia rarely occurs in non-typhoid salmonella infections and the development of a brain abscess is exceptional. CASE REPORT: An immunocompetent patient developed severe Salmonella typhimurium bacteremia leading to septic shock and acute respiratory distress and acute renal failure. A brain abscess, which was not present on the initial brain tomodensitometry, developed and totally regressed after antibiotic therapy. DISCUSSION: We were unable to identify and factor favoring the development of salmonella bacteremia in this patient. There were no cerebral lesions on the initial brain tomodensitometry considered to be normal. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Salmonella typhimurium brain abscess in an immunocompetent subject.