Pneumococcal pyomyositis: a patient with diagnostic problems and complications.

Autor: Baddour VT; Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA., Hugenberg ST, Brandt KD, Yang EL
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases [J Clin Rheumatol] 2001 Feb; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 21-9.
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-200102000-00006
Abstrakt: Pyomyositis is an uncommon condition that may present a difficult problem in diagnosis. We report the development of Streptococcus pneumoniae pyomyositis involving the iliacus, iliopsoas, and gluteus muscles in a patient with elevated serum levels of antinuclear and antiphospholipid antibodies but without clinical evidence of connective tissue disease. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated rapid evolution of the infection, with progression from muscle edema to abscess formation over a period of 10 days. The diagnosis was initially missed, and osteomyelitis and sacroiliitis developed. Pyomyositis should be suspected in patients with the acute onset of severe, localized muscle pain and fever. As in this case, failure to promptly diagnose and treat this infection can result in significant morbidity.
Databáze: MEDLINE