Nontyphoid Salmonella empyema in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Global Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2020;volume=12;issue=4;spage=219;epage=220;aulast=Solanky |