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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5820-5822, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5820-5822.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Salmonella enterica Pneumonia in a Patient with Lung Cancer

George Samonis,* Sofia Maraki, Charalambos Kouroussis, Dimitrios Mavroudis, and Vassilios Georgoulias

School of Medicine, The University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Received 20 June 2003/ Returned for modification 14 August 2003/ Accepted 18 September 2003

A case of life-threatening Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis pneumonia in a febrile patient with lung cancer is described. The organism was isolated from the sputum, the protected specimen brush material of bronchial secretions, and the stool. Despite the early administration of appropriate and adequate treatment, the patient died 7 days after the onset of the infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Medicine, The University of Crete, P. O. Box 2203, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Phone: 30 2810 392747. Fax: 30 2810 392802. E-mail: georgsec{at}med.uoc.gr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5820-5822, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5820-5822.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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