title: Pyomyositis: a fatal case in a healthy teenager.
abstract: Pyomyositis is a common disease in the tropics that is reported with increasing frequency in the United States. We describe an unusually fulminant, fatal case in a previously healthy adolescent male. This case illustrates the clinical progression of pyomyositis from localized muscle infection to disseminated disease, and highlights the importance of considering this rare diagnosis in any stage of occult sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. jeffrey_evans@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Michele Burns
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ewald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001132:Arm; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents