Concurrent development of spontaneous pyomyositis due to Staphylococcus epidermidis and Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.
Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common cause of infections associated with prosthetic devices and immunocompromised patients. Spontaneous pyomyositis due to the above pathogen is very uncommon. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis, first described in Japan. A T cell-mediated hyperimmune response to various pathogens in a genetically susceptible individual has been primarily been considered in its pathogenesis. We report a patient who developed spontaneous pyomyositis caused by S. epidermidis concurrently with KFD, and discuss the possibility of S. epidermidis infection being the stimulant of KFD.
Kalambokis
Georgios
G
The 1st Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece.
Economou
Georgios
G
Nikas
Spiros
S
Bai
Maria
M
Lampri
Evangeli
E
Kosta
Paraskevi
P
Tsianos
Epameinondas V
EV
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D020042:Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D052880:Pyomyositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000276:immunology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents