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Pyomyositis

MedGen UID:
52862
Concept ID:
C0041188
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Myositis, Tropical; Tropical Myositis
SNOMED CT: Tropical pyomyositis (65110003); Tropical myositis (65110003)
Modes of inheritance:
Not genetically inherited
MedGen UID:
988794
Concept ID:
CN307044
Finding
Source: Orphanet
clinical entity without genetic inheritance.
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0019168
Orphanet: ORPHA764

Definition

Pyomyositis (PM) is a rare primary bacterial infection of the skeletal muscle, usually resulting from hematogenous spread or due to muscle injury, and characterized by pain and tenderness in the affected muscle, fever and abscess formation. [from ORDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Sykes MC, Ahluwalia AK, Hay D, Dalrymple J, Firth GB
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2023 Jun 2;84(6):1-6. Epub 2023 Jun 26 doi: 10.12968/hmed.2022.0546. PMID: 37364871
Kumar S, Bhalla A, Singh R, Sharma N, Sharma A, Gautam V, Singh S, Varma S
Korean J Intern Med 2018 Mar;33(2):417-431. Epub 2018 Jan 18 doi: 10.3904/kjim.2016.011. PMID: 29338140Free PMC Article
David MZ, Daum RS
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2017;409:325-383. doi: 10.1007/82_2017_42. PMID: 28900682

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

LoRusso S
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2021 Aug 1;27(4):921-942. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000981. PMID: 34623098
Gosnell EJ, Anwar B, Varadarajan V, Freeman S
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2016 Sep;133(4):273-5. Epub 2016 Feb 12 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2015.02.003. PMID: 26879580
Torralba KD, Quismorio FP Jr
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 2009 Feb;35(1):45-62. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.03.002. PMID: 19480996
Mileno MD, Bia FJ
Infect Dis Clin North Am 1998 Jun;12(2):369-412. doi: 10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70010-6. PMID: 9658250
Dunkerley GR, Older J, Onwochei B, Pazienza J
Am Fam Physician 1996 Aug;54(2):565-9. PMID: 8701837

Diagnosis

Hannon M, Lyons T
Curr Opin Pediatr 2023 Jun 1;35(3):309-315. Epub 2023 Feb 22 doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001234. PMID: 36802036
Seyfi D, Jabbour J, Jackson S, Rice M
ANZ J Surg 2021 Oct;91(10):2221-2223. Epub 2021 Feb 24 doi: 10.1111/ans.16662. PMID: 33629484
Shittu A, Deinhardt-Emmer S, Vas Nunes J, Niemann S, Grobusch MP, Schaumburg F
Trop Med Int Health 2020 Jun;25(6):660-665. Epub 2020 Apr 16 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13395. PMID: 32219926
Pattamapaspong N, Muttarak M
Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2011 Nov;15(5):480-8. Epub 2011 Nov 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1293494. PMID: 22081283
Agarwal V, Chauhan S, Gupta RK
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2011 Nov;21(4):975-83, x. Epub 2011 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.07.011. PMID: 22032510

Therapy

Hannon M, Lyons T
Curr Opin Pediatr 2023 Jun 1;35(3):309-315. Epub 2023 Feb 22 doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001234. PMID: 36802036
Seyfi D, Jabbour J, Jackson S, Rice M
ANZ J Surg 2021 Oct;91(10):2221-2223. Epub 2021 Feb 24 doi: 10.1111/ans.16662. PMID: 33629484
Gosnell EJ, Anwar B, Varadarajan V, Freeman S
Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis 2016 Sep;133(4):273-5. Epub 2016 Feb 12 doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2015.02.003. PMID: 26879580
Torralba KD, Quismorio FP Jr
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 2009 Feb;35(1):45-62. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.03.002. PMID: 19480996
Mileno MD, Bia FJ
Infect Dis Clin North Am 1998 Jun;12(2):369-412. doi: 10.1016/s0891-5520(05)70010-6. PMID: 9658250

Prognosis

Hannon M, Lyons T
Curr Opin Pediatr 2023 Jun 1;35(3):309-315. Epub 2023 Feb 22 doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001234. PMID: 36802036
Shittu A, Deinhardt-Emmer S, Vas Nunes J, Niemann S, Grobusch MP, Schaumburg F
Trop Med Int Health 2020 Jun;25(6):660-665. Epub 2020 Apr 16 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13395. PMID: 32219926
Idelevich EA, Kreis C, Löffler B, Peters G
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2017;409:229-261. doi: 10.1007/82_2016_19. PMID: 27380269
Jay CA, Solbrig MV
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;126:175-94. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53480-4.00014-X. PMID: 25410222
Torralba KD, Quismorio FP Jr
Rheum Dis Clin North Am 2009 Feb;35(1):45-62. doi: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.03.002. PMID: 19480996

Clinical prediction guides

Lyons TW, Kharbanda AB, Thompson AD, Bennett JE, Balamuth F, Levas MN, Neville DN, Lewander DP, Bretscher BS, Kellogg MD, Nigrovic LE; Pedi Lyme Net
Ann Emerg Med 2022 Sep;80(3):225-234. Epub 2022 May 26 doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.04.009. PMID: 35643775
Pelletier J, Gottlieb M, Long B, Perkins JC Jr
J Emerg Med 2022 Apr;62(4):480-491. Epub 2022 Jan 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.12.012. PMID: 35115188
Vij N, Ranade AS, Kang P, Belthur MV
J Pediatr Orthop 2021 Oct 1;41(9):e849-e854. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001944. PMID: 34411048
Agarwal N, Aroor S, Saini P, Gupta A, Kaur N
Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2016 Oct;17(5):615-21. Epub 2016 Jul 27 doi: 10.1089/sur.2015.191. PMID: 27463090
Spiegel DA, Meyer JS, Dormans JP, Flynn JM, Drummond DS
J Pediatr Orthop 1999 Mar-Apr;19(2):143-50. doi: 10.1097/00004694-199903000-00002. PMID: 10088678

Recent systematic reviews

Drevinek P, Hollweck R, Lorenz MG, Lustig M, Bjarnsholt T
J Clin Microbiol 2023 Sep 21;61(9):e0033823. Epub 2023 Jun 27 doi: 10.1128/jcm.00338-23. PMID: 37367430Free PMC Article
Vij N, Ranade AS, Kang P, Belthur MV
J Pediatr Orthop 2021 Oct 1;41(9):e849-e854. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000001944. PMID: 34411048
Ngor C, Hall L, Dean JA, Gilks CF
Trop Med Int Health 2021 Oct;26(10):1210-1219. Epub 2021 Aug 26 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13669. PMID: 34407271
Shittu A, Deinhardt-Emmer S, Vas Nunes J, Niemann S, Grobusch MP, Schaumburg F
Trop Med Int Health 2020 Jun;25(6):660-665. Epub 2020 Apr 16 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13395. PMID: 32219926
Siddiq MAB, Rasker JJ
Clin Rheumatol 2019 Jul;38(7):1811-1821. Epub 2019 May 2 doi: 10.1007/s10067-019-04552-y. PMID: 31049761

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