Salmonella mediastinitis--a rare disease.
A case report is presented of a young man who was seen because of pleuritic chest pain and fever. CT cross sectional imaging defined a mediastinal mass. Diagnosis of acute mediastinitis due to Salmonella java was made from culturing material at mediastonotomy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D011821:Raccoons; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed