RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Xaplanteri, Panagiota A1 Assimakopoulos, Stelios F. A1 Karachalios, Kostis A1 Siagris, Dimitrios A1 Lekkou, Alexandra A1 Anastassiou, Evangelos D. A1 Spiliopoulou, Iris A1 Gogos, Charalambos A1 Kolonitsiou, FevroniaYR 2016 T1 Pleural empyema due to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in an immunocompetent elderly patient: a case report JF JMM Case Reports, VO 3 IS 4 OP SP e005051 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.005051 PB Microbiology Society, SN 2053-3721, AB Introduction: Pleural empyema as a focal infection due to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is rare and most commonly described among immunosuppressed patients or patients who suffer from sickle cell anaemia and lung malignancies. Case presentation: Here, we present an 81-year-old immunocompetent Greek woman with bacteraemia and pleural empyema due to Salmonella Enteritidis without any gastrointestinal symptoms. Conclusion: In our case, we suggest that patient’s pleural effusion secondary to heart failure was complicated by empyema and that focal intravascular infection was the cause of bacteraemia. , UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmmcr/10.1099/jmmcr.0.005051