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Case Report

Abdominal Rectus Muscle Pyomyositis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

by
Tilemachos Fountoukis
1,*,
Nikolaos Tsatsanidis
1,
Maria Tilkeridou
1,
Ioannis Konstantinou
2,
Pantelis Fytas
3 and
Ioannis Skandalos
1
1
Surgical Department, General Hospital Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece
2
Radiology Department, General Hospital Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece
3
Microbiology Department, General Hospital Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2018, 10(1), 7522; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7522
Submission received: 4 December 2017 / Revised: 22 January 2018 / Accepted: 29 January 2018 / Published: 29 March 2018

Abstract

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.
Keywords: abdominal rectus muscle; drainage; myonecrosis; Prevotella disiens; pyomyositis; Streptococcus constellatus abdominal rectus muscle; drainage; myonecrosis; Prevotella disiens; pyomyositis; Streptococcus constellatus

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Fountoukis, T.; Tsatsanidis, N.; Tilkeridou, M.; Konstantinou, I.; Fytas, P.; Skandalos, I. Abdominal Rectus Muscle Pyomyositis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2018, 10, 7522. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7522

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Fountoukis T, Tsatsanidis N, Tilkeridou M, Konstantinou I, Fytas P, Skandalos I. Abdominal Rectus Muscle Pyomyositis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. Infectious Disease Reports. 2018; 10(1):7522. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7522

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Fountoukis, Tilemachos, Nikolaos Tsatsanidis, Maria Tilkeridou, Ioannis Konstantinou, Pantelis Fytas, and Ioannis Skandalos. 2018. "Abdominal Rectus Muscle Pyomyositis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature" Infectious Disease Reports 10, no. 1: 7522. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7522

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Fountoukis, T., Tsatsanidis, N., Tilkeridou, M., Konstantinou, I., Fytas, P., & Skandalos, I. (2018). Abdominal Rectus Muscle Pyomyositis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. Infectious Disease Reports, 10(1), 7522. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2018.7522

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