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. 1996 Jan;51(1):104–105. doi: 10.1136/thx.51.1.104

A malignant pleural effusion infected with Salmonella enteritidis.

G V Gill 1, A Holden 1
PMCID: PMC472814  PMID: 8658357

Abstract

A patient is described with a unilateral pleural effusion persistently infected with Salmonella enteritidis. The infection was eventually eradicated with ciprofloxacin. A computed tomographic scan and mediastinal lymph node biopsy demonstrated an underlying small cell bronchogenic carcinoma.

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