1. [Pyomyositis of adductor muscles caused by Escherichia coli in an immunocompetent patient living in a temperate climate].
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Barbot R, Morand C, Skopinski S, Albisson E, Portron Y, and Coutant G
- Subjects
- Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Climate, Debridement, Escherichia coli Infections therapy, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Middle Aged, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Pyomyositis therapy, Thigh, Treatment Outcome, Escherichia coli isolation & purification, Escherichia coli Infections complications, Escherichia coli Infections diagnosis, Immunocompetence, Muscle, Skeletal microbiology, Pyomyositis diagnosis, Pyomyositis microbiology
- Abstract
Pyomyositis is a primitive infection of the skeletal muscle usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus in tropical areas, and associated with immunodeficiency. We report a 49-year-old immunocompetent woman, living in a temperate climate presenting with a pyomyositis of adductor muscles caused by Escherichia coli. Diagnosis was obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Disease course was uneventful after surgical debridement and antibiotics. This case report highlights the usefulness of MRI in the diagnosis of pyomyositis., (2009 Société nationale française de médecine interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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