Rhabdomyolysis after group C streptococcal infection.
We describe a young woman with a group C streptococcal throat infection complicated by rhabdomyolysis. Muscle biopsy from quadriceps was normal, and molecular studies showed no evidence of direct microbial invasion. This is only the second case in which the usually benign group C streptococcus has been linked with muscle destruction.
Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway;
Hilde Haugedal
HH
Nordal
Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway;
Bård Reiakvam
BR
Kittang
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway; ; Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Laurence A
LA
Bindoff
group C streptococcus.; infections; muscle disorders; rhabdomyolysis