Infection and Chemotherapy 2007;39(1):50-53

One Case of Thoracic Empyema due to Salmonella choleraesuis.

Yu Doh HWANG 1 ; You Kyoung CHOI ; Jae Yun LIM ; Hyun Chul JAE ; Myung Soo KIM ; June Myung KIM ; Young Goo SONG

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Keywords

Salmonella choleraesuis; Thymoma; Empyema

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Salmonella are motile, gram-negative, non-spore-forming members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Among nontyphoid Salmonella serotypes, Salmonella choleraesuis shows a high predilection to cause systemic infections in humans. Thoracic infection is a rare complication of Salmonella infection. So far, most of reported cases of empyema caused by Salmonella spp. have involved immunocompromised patients. Herein, as we had experienced one case of thoracic empyema due to Salmonella choleraesuis related thymoma, we report it with review of literature.