title: Empyema due to Salmonella dublin.
abstract: An alcoholic patient presented with a thoracic empyema secondary to a pancreatic abscess with Salmonella dublin. The absence of an adjacent pulmonary parenchymal infection suggested a transdiaphragmatic passage of organisms.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D012480:Salmonella Infections