title: [A case of pyomyositis following influenza virus infection].
abstract: A 45-year-old man visited the first hospital complained of high fever on January 2003. He was diagnosed as having Influenza virus type A infection and prescribed of Oseltamivir. He was afebrile next day, but severe myalgia of neck, shoulder, lumbar region and right femoral region was appeared. His illness was considered as polymyalgia rheumatica and started of oral steroid therapy. His symptom was deteriorated and transferred to our hospital. Echography, Ga scintigraphy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed the multiple abscesses and the diagnosis of pyomyositis was made. Pyomyositis following Influenza virus infection must be considered as a differential diagnosis of myalgia after Influenza virus infection.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Yuzo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Nobumasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hojo
authors.forename: Kiyonori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Ikuya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D029521:Alphainfluenzavirus; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009976:Orthomyxoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D011000:Pleurodynia, Epidemic / Q000175:diagnosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification