Subdural Empyema Caused by Nontyphoidal Salmonella in a Patient with a Previous Evacuation of Subdural Hematoma.

Author: Chang Hun SONG ¹ ; Min Seong KIM ; Shinhye CHEON ; Kyung Mok SOHN ; Seon Hwan KIM ; Yeon Sook KIM
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1. Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. alice@cnuh.co.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Nontyphoidal Salmonella; Subdural empyema
MeSH: Aged; Empyema, Subdural*; Gastroenteritis; Hematoma, Subdural*; Humans; Korea; Salmonella Infections; Salmonella*
From:Korean Journal of Medicine 2016;91(1):84-86
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Nontyphoidal Salmonella infection often results in acute gastroenteritis, but extraintestinal infection presenting as a subdural empyema is unusual. We report a case of a 67-year-old man diagnosed with a subdural empyema caused by Salmonella group B that developed after evacuation of a subdural hematoma. To our knowledge, this is the first such case report in Korea.