TY - JOUR AU - Saeed, Nermin Kamal PY - 2016/04/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Salmonella pneumonia complicated with encysted empyema in an immunocompromised youth: Case report and literature Review JF - The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries JA - J Infect Dev Ctries VL - 10 IS - 04 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.3855/jidc.7069 UR - https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/27131011 SP - 437-444 AB - <p class="SmallText">In this case report we described a Bahraini male patient of twenty years of age, a smoker and diagnosed with stage IV B Hodgkin lymphoma. He presented with fever, nonproductive cough, upper back pain and shortness of breath due to right upper lobe pneumonia with right encysted pleural effusion. <em>Salmonella enterica</em> serotype Enteritidis was isolated from the sputum. He was successfully treated with 2 weeks of ceftriaxone followed by 2 weeks of oral cefixime. This was the first case of encysted empyema caused by <em>Salmonella enterica</em> serotype Enteritidis reported in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The different aspects of pulmonary <em>Salmonella</em> infections were discussed and the literature was reviewed.</p> ER -