A malignant pleural effusion infected with Salmonella enteritidis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A patient is described with a unilateral pleural effusion persistently infected with Salmonella enteritidis. The infection was eventually eradicated with ciprofloxacin. A computed tomographic scan and mediastinal lymph node biopsy demonstrated an underlying small cell bronchogenic carcinoma.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
- Carcinoma, Small Cell
- Lung Neoplasms
- Pleural Effusion, Malignant
- Salmonella Infections
- Salmonella enteritidis