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Failed Early Intervention of Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Individual
Pyomyositis is a purulent infection of striated muscle tissue that usually leads to an abscess, commonly due to S. aureus. Pyomyositis is typically found in tropic regions, but it is increasingly being recognized in temperate climates, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Patient presentatio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595930 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4296976 |
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description | Pyomyositis is a purulent infection of striated muscle tissue that usually leads to an abscess, commonly due to S. aureus. Pyomyositis is typically found in tropic regions, but it is increasingly being recognized in temperate climates, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Patient presentation ranges from afebrile with mildly elevated WBC to frank sepsis. In many reported cases, patients may develop multiple abscesses at different sites. We report a case of a 54-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presenting with right pectoral infection. This case demonstrates the possibility that antibiotic therapy in early presentations may not effectively prevent abscess formation, contrary to treatment suggestions found in the literature. |
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spelling | pubmed-62821402018-12-30 Failed Early Intervention of Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Individual Al-Dossari, Ranna Zekri, Sana Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Pyomyositis is a purulent infection of striated muscle tissue that usually leads to an abscess, commonly due to S. aureus. Pyomyositis is typically found in tropic regions, but it is increasingly being recognized in temperate climates, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Patient presentation ranges from afebrile with mildly elevated WBC to frank sepsis. In many reported cases, patients may develop multiple abscesses at different sites. We report a case of a 54-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presenting with right pectoral infection. This case demonstrates the possibility that antibiotic therapy in early presentations may not effectively prevent abscess formation, contrary to treatment suggestions found in the literature. Hindawi 2018-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6282140/ /pubmed/30595930 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4296976 Text en Copyright © 2018 Ranna Al-Dossari and Sana Zekri. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Al-Dossari, Ranna Zekri, Sana Failed Early Intervention of Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Individual |
title | Failed Early Intervention of Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Individual |
title_full | Failed Early Intervention of Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Individual |
title_fullStr | Failed Early Intervention of Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Individual |
title_full_unstemmed | Failed Early Intervention of Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Individual |
title_short | Failed Early Intervention of Pyomyositis in an Immunocompetent Individual |
title_sort | failed early intervention of pyomyositis in an immunocompetent individual |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595930 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4296976 |
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