Pleural Empyema due to Group D Salmonella.
Non-typhi Salmonella normally presents as a bacteremia, enterocolitis, and endovascular infection but rarely manifests as pleuropulmonary disease. We present a case of a 66-year-old female with underlying pulmonary pathology, secondary to an extensive smoking history, who presented with a left-sided pleural effusion. The causative agent was identified as being group D Salmonella. Decortication of the lung was performed and the patient was discharged on antibiotics with resolution of her symptoms. This case helps to support the inclusion of Salmonella group D as a possible etiological agent of infection in the differential causes of exudative pleural effusions.
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Michael's Medical Center, School of Graduate Medical Education, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA.
Jennifer C
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Kam
Sami
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Abdul-Jawad
Chintan
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Modi
Yazan
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Abdeen
Fady
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Asslo
Vikram
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Doraiswamy
Joseph R
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Depasquale
Robert S
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Spira
Walid
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Baddoura
Richard A
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Miller