Table 1.

Summary of Published Cases of Empyema of the Gallbladder Caused by Salmonella Enteritidis

Study, Year [Reference]	Age, y	Sex	Presenting Symptoms	Risk Factors	Source of Positive Culture	Salmonella Species	Surgical Intervention	Antibiotics	Outcome
Yamashita et al, 2018 [4]	40	F	Fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea	CGD	Blood, stool, bile	S Enteritidis	PTC, cholecystectomy	Levofloxacin, ceftriaxone	R
Lianos et al, 2019 [11]	32	M	Fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea	None	Stool, bile	Not reported	Cholecystectomy	CRO, ciprofloxacin	R
Juma et al, 2019 [12]	41	M	Fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea	Travel to Guinea	Bile	S enterica subsp salamae	PTC, cholecystectomy	Piperacillin-tazobactam, CRO, ciprofloxacin	R
Zhao et al, 2020 [13]	90	M	Fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea	Eating oysters	Blood, stool, bile	Salmonella group D	Cholecystectomy	CRO, meropenem	R
Present study	52	F	Leg weakness, abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea	Uncontrolled DM, morbid obesity	Blood, stool, bile, epidural abscess	S Enteritidis	Cholecystectomy, drainage of epidural abscess	CRO, TMP-SMX	R

Abbreviations: CGD, chronic granulomatous disease; CRO, ceftriaxone; DM, diabetes mellitus; F, female; M, male; PTC, percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy; R, recovered; TMP-SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.