Empyema due to Salmonella typhimurium with underlying alveolar cell carcinoma.
We have described an elderly woman with empyema due to Salmonella typhimurium group B, which was resistant to conventional antibiotic treatment. Drainage revealed an underlying mass, which at necropsy was shown to be an alveolar cell carcinoma.
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification