A Case of Empyema and Mediastinitis by Non-typhi Salmonella

Pleural empyema due to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in an immunocompetent elderly patient: a case report

INTRODUCTION

Pleural empyema as a focal infection due to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is rare and most commonly described among immunosuppressed patients or patients who suffer from sickle cell anaemia and lung malignancies.

CASE PRESENTATION

Here, we present an 81-year-old immunocompetent Greek woman with bacteraemia and pleural empyema due to Salmonella Enteritidis without any gastrointestinal symptoms.

CONCLUSION

In our case, we suggest that patient's pleural effusion secondary to heart failure was complicated by empyema and that focal intravascular infection was the cause of bacteraemia.

An unusual case of breathlessness in a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia: Case Report

A 67-year-old Caucasian male presented in January, 2013, with difficulty in breathing and pyrexia. This was following a course of antibiotics for a previous chest infection that had begun at the beginning of January and had not responded to therapy. His past medical history included chronic myeloid leukaemia, basal cell carcinoma of the throat treated in 2011, glaucoma and bilateral inguinal hernia repair (performed in 1989 and 2008). He was an ex-smoker of 21 years. His current medication was dasatinib (tyrosine kinase inhibitor) 100 µg⋅day⁻¹, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid 625 mg three-times daily orally (changed to 1.2 g three-times daily intravenously) and bimatoprost 0.1 mg eye drops.