Open AccessNontyphoid Salmonella empyema in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Dipesh Solanky,
Brian Kwan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_190_20
Subject(s) - empyema , medicine , salmonella , diabetes mellitus , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , endocrinology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Pleuropulmonary infections caused by nontyphoid Salmonella (NTS) are rare, but may develop in immunocompromised hosts. We report the case of a 56-year-old male with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus presenting with a multiloculated empyema due to NTS involving the left oblique pulmonary fissure.