Pleural empyema due to Salmonella paratyphi in a patient with AIDS

• Published in: Tropical medicine & international health Vol. 2; no. 12; pp. 1140 - 1142
• Main Authors: Wolday, Dawit, Seyoum, Berhane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.1997; Blackwell Science
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - microbiology; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - therapy; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Drainage; empyema; Empyema, Pleural - etiology; Empyema, Pleural - microbiology; Empyema, Pleural - therapy; Functional Laterality; Gentamicins - therapeutic use; HIV; HIV Infections - complications; HIV-1; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Penicillins - therapeutic use; Salmonella; Salmonella paratyphi A - isolation & purification; Tropical medicine; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Ethiopia; Africa; Human; Immunopathology; Salmonella; Respiratory disease; Male; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Infection; Case study; Association; Viral disease; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Pleural disease; Empyema; Salmonellosis; Pleura; Enterobacteriaceae
• ISSN: 1360-2276; 1365-3156
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-214.x

Summary Pleural empyema due to Salmonella has rarely been reported in immunocompromised patients. Here, we present a case of a 25‐year old man infected with the human immunodeficiency virus type‐1 (HIV‐1) who presented with a left‐sided pleural effusion. The cause was confirmed bacteriologically to be due to Salmonella paratyphi. The outcome was favourable after antibiotic therapy coupled with pleural drainage. It should be recognised that pleural empyema due to Salmonella may occur in HIV‐infected subjects and we suggest that patients presenting with pleural empyema due to uncommon pathogens be tested for HIV‐1 antibodies.