title: Salmonella pneumonia complicated with encysted empyema in an immunocompromised youth: Case report and literature Review.
abstract: In this case report we described a Bahraini male patient of twenty years of age, a smoker and diagnosed with stage IV B Hodgkin lymphoma. He presented with fever, nonproductive cough, upper back pain and shortness of breath due to right upper lobe pneumonia with right encysted pleural effusion. Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis was isolated from the sputum. He was successfully treated with 2 weeks of ceftriaxone followed by 2 weeks of oral cefixime. This was the first case of encysted empyema caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis reported in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The different aspects of pulmonary Salmonella infections were discussed and the literature was reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. nkamalh@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Nermin Kamal
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Saeed
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001445:Bahrain; D020682:Cefixime / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004653:Empyema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D020682:Cefixime