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Pyomyositis involving the scapular muscles: A case series.
J Family Med Prim Care
August 2023
Department of Pathology and Blood Bank, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.
Pyomyositis or tropical pyomyositis is an uncommon infection of skeletal muscle that may be primary or secondary. Primary type has bacterial aetiology, and is associated in most cases. The diagnosis requires high index of suspicion and careful assessment of radiological investigations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Unresolving Case of Pyomyositis: A Case Report.
Malays Orthop J
July 2023
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital Duchess of Kent, Sandakan, Malaysia.
Pyomyositis which is also known as myositis tropicans is a rare condition where there is bacterial infection of the skeletal muscle. Its manifestation includes pain and tenderness of the affected muscle and general infective symptoms. It commonly occurs in immunocompromised individuals and patients with previous history of trauma to the affected muscle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhysiotherapeutic Protocol and ZnO Nanoparticles: A Combined Novel Treatment Program against Bacterial Pyomyositis.
Biology (Basel)
September 2022
Faculty of Physical Therapy, Pharos University in Alexandria, Alexandria 21500, Egypt.
or pyomyositis is a muscle inflammation resulting from a bacterial infection of skeletal muscle (commonly caused by ) that usually leads to hematogenous muscle seeding. The present study was designed to estimate the role of ZnO-NPs and a physiotherapeutic program in the management of induced atrophy in rats through histological, biochemical, and radiological examinations at different time intervals. At the beginning, several bacterial strains were evaluated through a proteolytic enzyme activity assay and the highest activity was recorded with the strain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFulminant Necrotizing Pyomyositis Tropicans.
Cureus
January 2022
Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IND.
Pyomyositis tropicans is a purulent invasive infection of the striated muscle tissues, usually caused by Gram-positive bacteria and Streptococcus in immunocompromised patients. We hereby report a case of fulminant necrotizing pyomyositis that occurred in a 16-year-old immunocompetent patient, and it is the first one of its kind to the best of our knowledge. The patient underwent imaging which suggested extensive intramuscular abdominal wall abscess formation, for which the patient underwent multiple surgical debridements of the lateral thoracic wall.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTropical pyomyositis (myositis tropicans): current perspective.
Postgrad Med J
May 2004
Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Tropical pyomyositis, a disease often seen in tropical countries, is characterised by suppuration within skeletal muscles, manifesting as single or multiple abscesses. The most common organism implicated is Staphylococcus aureus. In 20%-50% of cases there is a history of trauma to the affected muscles.
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