Abdominal rectus muscle pyomyositis: Report of a case and review of the literature
| Autor: | Pantelis Fytas, Nikolaos Tsatsanidis, Maria Tilkeridou, Ioannis Skandalos, Tilemachos Fountoukis, Ioannis Konstantinou |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pyomyositis Prevotella disiens Case Report Disease pyomyositis Streptococcus constellatus Injection drug use 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Antibiotic therapy medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Immunodeficiency business.industry Rectus muscle abdominal rectus muscle 030208 emergency & critical care medicine lcsh:Other systems of medicine medicine.disease lcsh:RZ201-999 Surgery abdominal rectus muscle drainage myonecrosis Prevotella disiens pyomyositis Streptococcus constellatus Infectious Diseases myonecrosis Differential diagnosis business drainage |
| Zdroj: | Infectious Disease Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2018) Infectious Disease Reports Volume 10 Issue 1 |
| ISSN: | 2036-7449 2036-7430 |
| Popis: | Pyomyositis is an uncommon primary bacterial infection of skeletal muscles, usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Predisposing factors for pyomyositisinclude immunodeficiency, trauma, injection drug use, concurrent infection and malnutrition. The diagnosis, staging of the disease and differential diagnosis are established by ultrasound, CT and MRI. Treatment involves surgical drainage and antibiotic therapy. We report a case of abdominal rectus muscle pyomyositis, which constitutes, as far as we know, thesecond reported in bibliography, while Prevotella disiens is firstly reported as causative agent. |
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