Pyomyositis in a Patient With the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Pyomyositis in patients with diabetes

“…Temperature ranged between 37.2"C and 38.9"C (99"F and 102°F) in 90% of patients and was above 3s.goc (102°F) in less than 10%. ln a less extensive review from Zaire, 11 Multiple lesions (as in case 1) were present in nine patients (five patients with two abscesses and four patients with three abscesses). All cultures grew S aureus, and the nnajortty of infections were in the thigh.…”

Streptococcus anginosus (Streptococcus milleri Group) Pyomyositis in a 50-Year-Old Man with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Case Report and Review of Literature

“…Damaged muscles from trauma (injection drug use or contact sports), mitochondrial damage from drug toxicity, and myopathy are a major risk factor for pyomyositis [5]. The first cases of non-tropical pyomyositis in HIV patients due to S. aureus were reported in the late 1980s to early 1990 [6][7][8][9][10]. S. aureus is the most common etiology for bacterial pyomyositis in both HIV- , and coronal (c) MRI images of the right thigh acquired on the day of admission.…”

Non-Tropical Pyomyositis Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An Unusual Cause of Bilateral Leg Pain

“…The occurrence of PM seems to be increasing in temperate climates, especially in association with HIV infection (3,5,7,14 -28). The first case of PM in a North American patient with HIV infection was in 1988 (20,21). Christin and Sarosi found that, of 95 patients with PM, 17% had HIV infection and 5% had hematologic malignancy (7).…”