Salmonella enterica pneumonia in a patient with lung cancer.
A case of life-threatening Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis pneumonia in a febrile patient with lung cancer is described. The organism was isolated from the sputum, the protected specimen brush material of bronchial secretions, and the stool. Despite the early administration of appropriate and adequate treatment, the patient died 7 days after the onset of the infection.
Samonis
George
G
Division of Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. georgsec@med.uoc.gr
Maraki
Sofia
S
Kouroussis
Charalambos
C
Mavroudis
Dimitrios
D
Georgoulias
Vassilios
V
D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology