title: Spontaneous pleural empyema due to Yersinia enterocolitica.
abstract: Yersinia enterocolitica is a well-known cause of enterocolitis. Although focal extraintestinal manifestations and disseminated disease have been described, usually in immunosuppressed patients, infection in the chest seems to be rare. We report the case of an alcoholic man who had spontaneous pleural empyema due to Y. enterocolitica.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation, Hôpital Laennec, Creil, France. ali.mofredj@voila.fr
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mofredj
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leibinger
authors.forename: Rafik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masmoudi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*