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Letter
Empyema Thoracis from Salmonella
Choleraesuis
Chih-Cheng Lai,* Li-Na Lee,* Po-Ren Hsueh,*
Chong-Jen Yu,* and Pan-Chyr Yang*
*National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Appendix Table. Demographic and clinical
features of 12 patients with empyema thoracis due to non-typhoid
Salmonella*
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Patient no.
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Sex
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Age, y
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Underlying condition(s)
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Use of antacids
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Site(s) of isolation (no. of isolation)
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Etiology
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Manifestations
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Type
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Resistance profiles of antimicrobial
drugs
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1
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M
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39
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NPC
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-
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Pleural effusion (1)
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Aspiration pneumonia
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Cough, fever, dyspnea
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Salmonella, group C2
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C
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2
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M
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58
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Thymic cancer, DM
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+
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Pleural effusion (1)
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CAP
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Fever, dyspnea, chest pain
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S. Typhimurium
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None
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3
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F
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50
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Breast cancer
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-
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Pleural effusion (1)
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CAP
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Cough, fever
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S. Typhimurium
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C
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4
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M
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41
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Liver cirrhosis, gall bladder stones
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-
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Pleural effusion (2)
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CAP
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Fever, dypsnea
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S. Typhimurium
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C, AM
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5
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M
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49
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Lung cancer
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-
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Pleural effusion (1)
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Obstructive pneumonia
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Cough, fever, dyspnea
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S. Typhimurium
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AM
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6
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M
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38
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Colon cancer
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+
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Pleural effusion (1)
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CAP
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Cough, dyspnea
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S. Choleraesuis
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None
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7
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F
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48
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Breast cancer, cervical cancer
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+
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Pleural effusion (1)
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CAP
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Dyspnea, chest pain
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S. Choleraesuis
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C, AM, SXT
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8
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F
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67
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DM, liver cirrhosis, gall bladder stones,
CRF
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+
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Pleural effusion (1), blood (2), ascites
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Spontaneous bacterial empyema
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Fever, dyspnea, abdominal pain
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S. Choleraesuis
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None
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9
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M
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30
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Lung cancer
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-
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Pleural effusion (1), blood (2)
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CAP
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Cough, fever, dyspnea
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S. Choleraesuis
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C, GM
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10
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M
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53
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CRF, CAD, gall bladder stones
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+
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Pleural effusion (1), aortic wall
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Mycotic aneurysm
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Fever, abdominal pain
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S. Choleraesuis
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None
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11
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M
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51
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DM, liver cirrhosis, gall bladder stones,
CRF
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-
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Pleural effusion (3), blood (2)
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Obstructive pneumonitis
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Cough, dyspnea
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S. Choleraesuis
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AM
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12
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M
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49
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Alcoholism, gall bladder stones, CAD
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-
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Pleural effusion (1)
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CAP
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Fever, dyspnea
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S. Choleraesuis
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C, AM, CIP, SXT
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*NPC, nasopharyngeal cancer; C, chloramphenicol;
DM, diabetes mellitus; CAP, community acquired pneumonia; AM, ampicillin;
SXT, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim; CRF, chronic renal failure;
GM, gentamicin; CAD, coronary artery disease; CIP, ciprofloxacin.
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