Volume 11, Number 9—September 2005
Letter
Empyema Thoracis from Salmonella Choleraesuis
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 |
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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.
CrossRef reports the first author should be "Acheson" not "Hohmann" in reference 1 "Hohmann, 2001".