Pyomyositis as a focus of infection in hematological disorders: a report of 3 cases

Int J Hematol. 2003 Feb;77(2):171-4. doi: 10.1007/BF02983216.

Abstract

The cases of 3 patients with pyomyositis associated with hematological disorders are reported. A 40-year-old man in the blastic phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia and 2 men aged 46 and 71 years with neutropenia due to myelodysplastic syndromes all reported high fever and severe local myalgia and had marked elevation of C-reactive protein. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed muscle abscesses or fasciitis, and the findings led to the diagnosis of pyomyositis. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the abscesses of 2 patients, and surgical drainage proved more effective than did antimicrobial agents. It should be recognized that pyomyositis is a possible source of infection in patients with hematological disorders.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hematologic Diseases / complications*
  • Hematologic Diseases / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Methicillin
  • Middle Aged
  • Myositis / diagnosis*
  • Myositis / drug therapy
  • Myositis / etiology
  • Neutropenia
  • Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
  • Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / etiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus

Substances

  • Methicillin