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.
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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