Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella

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...

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Main Authors: 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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Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/524561
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Chintan Modi
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Fady Asslo
Vikram Doraiswamy
Joseph R. DePasquale
Robert S. Spira
Walid Baddoura
Richard A. Miller
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-1f43b4ae3acb4d55b94d66d45185cf762025-02-03T01:30:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362012-01-01201210.1155/2012/524561524561Pleural Empyema due to Group D SalmonellaJennifer C. Kam0Sami Abdul-Jawad1Chintan Modi2Yazan Abdeen3Fady Asslo4Vikram Doraiswamy5Joseph R. DePasquale6Robert S. Spira7Walid Baddoura8Richard A. Miller9Department of Internal Medicine, St. Michael's Medical Center, School of Graduate Medical Education, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USADivision of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Michael's Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, USADepartment of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, USADivision of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Michael's Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Michael's Medical Center, School of Graduate Medical Education, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Michael's Medical Center, School of Graduate Medical Education, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USADepartment of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, USADepartment of Gastroenterology, St. Michael's Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, USADivision of Gastroenterology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Paterson, NJ, USADivision of Pulmonary Medicine, St. Michael's Medical Center, Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ, USANon-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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/524561
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Robert S. Spira
Walid Baddoura
Richard A. Miller
Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella
Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
title Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella
title_full Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella
title_fullStr Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella
title_full_unstemmed Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella
title_short Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella
title_sort pleural empyema due to group d salmonella
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/524561
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