title: [Pyomyositis of adductor muscles caused by Escherichia coli in an immunocompetent patient living in a temperate climate].
abstract: Pyomyositis is a primitive infection of the skeletal muscle usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus in tropical areas, and associated with immunodeficiency. We report a 49-year-old immunocompetent woman, living in a temperate climate presenting with a pyomyositis of adductor muscles caused by Escherichia coli. Diagnosis was obtained with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Disease course was uneventful after surgical debridement and antibiotics. This case report highlights the usefulness of MRI in the diagnosis of pyomyositis.
authors.affiliation: hôpital instructions d'Armées-Robert-Picqué, Bordeaux Armées, France. remibarbot@free.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barbot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morand
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skopinski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albisson
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Portron
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coutant
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002980:Climate; D003646:Debridement; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D052880:Pyomyositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013848:Thigh; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents