Pleural empyema due to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in an immunocompetent elderly patient: a case report. Issue 4 (August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xaplanteri, Panagiota; Assimakopoulos, Stelios F.; Karachalios, Kostis; Siagris, Dimitrios; Lekkou, Alexandra; Anastassiou, Evangelos D.; Spiliopoulou, Iris; Gogos, Charalambos; Kolonitsiou, Fevronia
• Is Part Of: JMM case reports. Volume 3:Issue 4(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-08
• Subjects: Salmonella Enteritidis -- focal Salmonella Enteritidis infections -- pleural empyema -- dyspnea -- ciprofloxacin; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005051
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2053-3721

Abstract

Abstract : Introduction: Pleural empyema as a focal infection due to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is rare and most commonly described among immunosuppressed patients or patients who suffer from sickle cell anaemia and lung malignancies. Case presentation: Here, we present an 81-year-old immunocompetent Greek woman with bacteraemia and pleural empyema due to Salmonella Enteritidis without any gastrointestinal symptoms. Conclusion: In our case, we suggest that patient's pleural effusion secondary to heart failure was complicated by empyema and that focal intravascular infection was the cause of bacteraemia.