Pyomyositis in Amazonian Ecuador.
Pyomyositis occurs when intramuscular abscesses appear in one or more body sites. Analysis of data from 165 patients with tropical pyomyositis diagnosed at a hospital in rural Amazonian Ecuador from 1980 to 1989 and 1995 to 2005 found that pyomyositis is more likely to affect males than females and more likely to affect children than adults. Abscesses were most commonly located on a lower extremity. Significant changes in patients' profiles between 1980 and 1989 and 1995 and 2005 were not found.
Jacobsen
Kathryn H
KH
Department of Global and Community Health, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive 5B7, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. kjacobse@gmu.edu
Fleming
Lila C
LC
Ribeiro
Priscila S
PS
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052880:Pyomyositis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014329:Tropical Climate; D055815:Young Adult