Cardiovascular complications of tropical pyomyositis.
Clinical observations are described in 13 cases of pyomyositis with various cardiovascular complications: (a) pyogenic pericarditis (10 cases) with tamponade in 7 and myopericarditis in 1 case, and (b) acute bacterial endocarditis (3 cases). Blood cultures grew Staphylococcus aureus in all 3 with endocarditis and in 5 of 10 with pericarditis. These complications probably resulted from the bacteraemia which sometimes complicates pyomyositis. Enhanced susceptibility of cardiac muscles to infection in pyomyositis however remains another possibility.
Department of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Nigeria.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009549:Nigeria; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013492:Suppuration; D014329:Tropical Climate