Salmonella-induced pulmonary and pericardial abscesses in a patient presenting with subacute cough

S Ismail; M Thomas; Almurtada Razok; R Akbar; Fatma Ben Abid; Godwin Wilson

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01430

Salmonella-induced pulmonary and pericardial abscesses in a patient presenting with subacute cough

IDCases. 2022 Jan 28:27:e01430. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01430. eCollection 2022.

Authors

S Ismail¹, M Thomas^{1

2}, Almurtada Razok³, R Akbar³, Fatma Ben Abid^{2

4}, Godwin Wilson⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chest, Hamad General Hospital, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
² Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
⁴ Department of Infectious diseases, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Hamad General Hospital, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

The non-typhoid Salmonella (NTS) species are commonly associated with gastroenteritis and other forms of intestinal disease. Thoraco-pulmonary infections are less commonly reported. We describe the case of a 66-year-old Qatari lady who presented with subacute cough. Chest imaging revealed multiple pulmonary and a pericardial cavitary lesion with air fluid levels. Bronchoalveolar lavage culture grew Salmonella species group D. The patient was treated with 4 weeks of appropriate antibiotics. Clinical and radiological improvement were documented on subsequent follow up. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pulmonary and pericardial salmonella abscesses in the state of Qatar.

Keywords: Bronchoscopy; Pericardial abscess; Pulmonary abscess; Salmonella.

Publication types

Case Reports