Rhabdomyolysis in a child secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis

Autor: Srinivas Bandi, Ashish Chikermane
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 146-148 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0974-777X
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.56250
Popis: Rhabdomyolysis secondary to bacterial infection has only rarely been investigated, and there are case reports of the same mainly in adults. This article describes the first reported case of rhabdomyolysis in a child secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. A 12-year-old child presented with myalgia, pyrexia and dark urine and was found to have infective endocarditis due to S. aureus.
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