Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella
| Autor: | Jennifer C. Kam, Sami Abdul-Jawad, Chintan Modi, Yazan Abdeen, Fady Asslo, Vikram Doraiswamy, Joseph R. DePasquale, Robert S. Spira, Walid Baddoura, Richard A. Miller |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, Vol 2012 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-6528 2090-6536 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2012/524561 |
| Popis: | Non-typhi Salmonella normally presents as a bacteremia, enterocolitis, and endovascular infection but rarely manifests as pleuropulmonary disease. We present a case of a 66-year-old female with underlying pulmonary pathology, secondary to an extensive smoking history, who presented with a left-sided pleural effusion. The causative agent was identified as being group D Salmonella. Decortication of the lung was performed and the patient was discharged on antibiotics with resolution of her symptoms. This case helps to support the inclusion of Salmonella group D as a possible etiological agent of infection in the differential causes of exudative pleural effusions. |
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