Pyomyositis of the vastus medialis muscle associated with Salmonella enteritidis in a child

We describe a 23-month-old boy with pyomyositis of the vastus medialis muscle caused by Salmonella enteritidis. Such focal Salmonella infections are uncommon in soft tissue. It is noteworthy of this case that there were no antecedent signs of gastroenteritis and no underlying medical condition. MRI,...

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Published inPediatric radiology Vol. 33; no. 7; pp. 492 - 494
Main Authors MINAMI, Koichi, SAKIYAMA, Michiyo, SUZUKI, Hiroyuki, YOSHIKAWA, Norishige
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Springer 01.07.2003
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis
Biological and medical sciences
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Knee
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Muscle, Skeletal - pathology
Myositis - microbiology
Myositis - pathology
Salmonella
Salmonella enteritidis
Salmonella Infections - pathology
Human
Infection
Case study
Salmonella enteritidis
Striated muscle disease
Bacteriosis
Lower limb
Bacteria
Myositis
Child
Enterobacteriaceae
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Summary:We describe a 23-month-old boy with pyomyositis of the vastus medialis muscle caused by Salmonella enteritidis. Such focal Salmonella infections are uncommon in soft tissue. It is noteworthy of this case that there were no antecedent signs of gastroenteritis and no underlying medical condition. MRI, in particular the fat-suppressed T2-weighted sequence, is helpful for establishing the diagnosis and differentiating pyomyositis from other pathological conditions.
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ISSN:0301-0449
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DOI:10.1007/s00247-003-0889-6