Spontaneous pleural empyema due to Yersinia enterocolitica.
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.
Mofredj
Ali
A
Service de réanimation, Hôpital Laennec, Creil, France. ali.mofredj@voila.fr
Guérin
Jean-Michel
JM
Leibinger
Frank
F
Masmoudi
Rafik
R
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*