A purulent pericarditis caused by Salmonella typhimurium

J Med Microbiol. 2004 Oct;53(Pt 10):1051-1052. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.05449-0.

Authors

Fusun Can¹, Muge Demirbilek¹, Birsel Erdem¹, Ugur Ciftci¹, Mine Tunaoglu¹, Yahya Laleli¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Başkent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 2Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 3Duzen Laboratories, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 15358830
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05449-0

Abstract

A case of Salmonella typhimurium pericarditis is reported. The diagnosis was based on blood and pericardial effusion cultures.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Humans
Male
Pericarditis / etiology*
Salmonella Infections / complications
Salmonella typhimurium / isolation & purification*