Pyomyositis: early detection and treatment.
We describe a patient with Crohn's disease and pyomyositis due to Streptococcus anginosus ("milleri"). Early recognition of pyomyositis during its presuppurative phase allowed for prompt antibiotic treatment and rapid resolution of the muscle infection without surgical drainage.
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Division of Rheumatology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Saibil
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D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents