A malignant pleural effusion infected with Salmonella enteritidis.
A patient is described with a unilateral pleural effusion persistently infected with Salmonella enteritidis. The infection was eventually eradicated with ciprofloxacin. A computed tomographic scan and mediastinal lymph node biopsy demonstrated an underlying small cell bronchogenic carcinoma.
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Department of Medicine, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
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D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis