Abdominal rectus muscle pyomyositis: Report of a case and review of the literature

Autor:	Tilemachos Fountoukis, Nikolaos Tsatsanidis, Maria Tilkeridou, Ioannis Konstantinou, Pantelis Fytas, Ioannis Skandalos
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	abdominal rectus muscle drainage myonecrosis Prevotella disiens pyomyositis Streptococcus constellatus Other systems of medicine RZ201-999
Zdroj:	Infectious Disease Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2018)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2036-7430 2036-7449
DOI:	10.4081/idr.2018.7522
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.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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