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Pyomyositis is not only a tropical pathology: a case series

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Medical Case Reports, December 2016
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Title
Pyomyositis is not only a tropical pathology: a case series
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, December 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13256-016-1158-2
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Laura Comegna, Paola Irma Guidone, Giovanni Prezioso, Simone Franchini, Marianna Immacolata Petrosino, Paola Di Filippo, Francesco Chiarelli, Angelika Mohn, Nadia Rossi

Abstract

Pyomyositis is an acute bacterial infection of skeletal muscle that results in localized abscess formation. This infection was thought to be endemic to tropical countries, and is also known as "tropical pyomyositis". However, pyomyositis is increasingly recognized in temperate climates and is frequently associated with an immunosuppressive condition, such as human immunodeficiency virus, malignancy, and diabetes mellitus. It is also found in healthy and athletic people after strenuous or vigorous exercise or following localized and possibly unnoticed trauma. It can be primary or secondary to neighboring or remote infection. Primary pyomyositis is a rare condition that can affect children and adolescents. Diagnosis can be delayed because the affected muscle is deeply situated and local signs are not apparent. This delay in diagnosis can result in increased morbidity and a significant mortality rate. The pediatric population, which comprises 35% of the reported pyomyositis cases, is an especially difficult subset of patients to diagnose. In our series, we describe the cases of four previously healthy Caucasian children who were admitted to our Pediatric Department with different clinical presentations. Pyomyositis in our patients was related to factors affecting the muscle itself, including strenuous exercise and direct muscle trauma. Therapy was started with a cephalosporin antibiotic and teicoplanin was subsequently added. The minimum length of therapy was 3 weeks. The diagnosis of pyomyositis in our patients, none of whom were immune-compromised, is confirmation that this disease is not an exclusive pathology of tropical countries and demonstrates that there is an increasing prevalence of pyomyositis in temperate climates.

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Unknown 79 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 14 18%
Student > Master 11 14%
Researcher 8 10%
Student > Postgraduate 8 10%
Student > Bachelor 7 9%
Other 12 15%
Unknown 19 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 44 56%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Psychology 3 4%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 3%
Other 2 3%
Unknown 20 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 February 2018.
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#8,300,722
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#688
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#140,304
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#16
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