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Volume 11, Number 9—September 2005
Letter

Empyema Thoracis from Salmonella Choleraesuis

Chih-Cheng Lai*, Li-Na Lee*, Po-Ren Hsueh*Comments to Author , Chong-Jen Yu*, and Pan-Chyr Yang*
Author affiliations: *National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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Table A1

Demographic and clinical features of 12 patients with empyema thoracis due to non-typhoid Salmonella*

Patient no. Sex Age, y Underlying condition(s) Use of antacids Site(s) of isolation (no. of isolation) Etiology Manifestations Type Resistance profiles of antimicrobial drugs
1 M 39 NPC - Pleural effusion (1) Aspiration pneumonia Cough, fever, dyspnea Salmonella, group C2 C
2 M 58 Thymic cancer, DM + Pleural effusion (1) CAP Fever, dyspnea, chest pain S. Typhimurium None
3 F 50 Breast cancer - Pleural effusion (1) CAP Cough, fever S. Typhimurium C
4 M 41 Liver cirrhosis, gall bladder stones - Pleural effusion (2) CAP Fever, dypsnea S. Typhimurium C, AM
5 M 49 Lung cancer - Pleural effusion (1) Obstructive pneumonia Cough, fever, dyspnea S. Typhimurium AM
6 M 38 Colon cancer + Pleural effusion (1) CAP Cough, dyspnea S. Choleraesuis None
7 F 48 Breast cancer, cervical cancer + Pleural effusion (1) CAP Dyspnea, chest pain S. Choleraesuis C, AM, SXT
8 F 67 DM, liver cirrhosis, gall bladder stones, CRF + Pleural effusion (1), blood (2), ascites Spontaneous bacterial empyema Fever, dyspnea, abdominal pain S. Choleraesuis None
9 M 30 Lung cancer - Pleural effusion (1), blood (2) CAP Cough, fever, dyspnea S. Choleraesuis C, GM
10 M 53 CRF, CAD, gall bladder stones + Pleural effusion (1), aortic wall Mycotic aneurysm Fever, abdominal pain S. Choleraesuis None
11 M 51 DM, liver cirrhosis, gall bladder stones, CRF - Pleural effusion (3), blood (2) Obstructive pneumonitis Cough, dyspnea S. Choleraesuis AM
12 M 49 Alcoholism, gall bladder stones, CAD - Pleural effusion (1) CAP Fever, dyspnea S. Choleraesuis C, AM, CIP, SXT

*NPC, nasopharyngeal cancer; C, chloramphenicol; DM, diabetes mellitus; CAP, community acquired pneumonia; AM, ampicillin; SXT, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim; CRF, chronic renal failure; GM, gentamicin; CAD, coronary artery disease; CIP, ciprofloxacin.

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CrossRef reports the first author should be "Acheson" not "Hohmann" in reference 1 "Hohmann, 2001".

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