Document 0140
 DOCN  M9580140
 TI    Bacterial infections: pyomyositis.
 DT    9506
 AU    McGill PE; Stobhill Hospital NHS Trust, Glasgow, UK.
 SO    Baillieres Clin Rheumatol. 1995 Feb;9(1):193-200. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95246155
 AB    Staphylococcal pyomyositis is an important and common condition in many
       areas in the tropics. The cause is probably multifactorial and includes
       damage to the skeletal muscle in the presence of staphylococcal
       bacteraemia, with or without depressed immunity. In Africa, there are
       indications of an increased prevalence in association with HIV infection
       in young adults in whom multiple and recurrent abscesses are common.
       Long bone osteomyelitis is an important differential diagnosis in these
       patients. Timely surgical drainage and antibiotics leads to resolution.
       Delayed diagnosis is associated with disseminated disease and septic
       cardiorespiratory complications.
 DE    *Bacterial Infections  Diagnosis, Differential  Human  Incidence
       *Myositis/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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