title: Pyomyositis in adults: a 12 year review.
abstract: From January 1988 to December 1999, 43 adults with pyomyositis were managed at Ahmadu Bello UniversityTeaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria. Staphylococcus aureuswas the most commonly cultured organism (92.5%). All the 41 patients responded well to incision and adequate drainage, antibiotics and partial thickness skin grafting in 10 patients (23.2%).Two patients (4.65%) died from septicaemia, while being resuscitated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, ABU Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Yusufu
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Sabo
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Nmadu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016896:Treatment Outcome