Pneumococcal Psoas Abscess

A 47-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of severe low back pain. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a left sided psoas muscle abscess. On the first hospital day, US-guided drainage was performed. Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from the pus. Thereafter, the open drainkag...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 1999, Vol.38(1), pp.63-66
Hauptverfasser:	NAKAZATO, Tomonori, KITAHARA, Mitsuo, WATANABE, Kentarou, KIKUCHI, Takahide, IMAZU, Yoshihiro, INDUE, Kiyoshi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences Female Follow-Up Studies Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Injections, Intravenous Medical sciences Middle Aged Penicillin G - administration & dosage Penicillins - administration & dosage pneumococcal bacteremia Pneumococcal Infections - drug therapy Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology Pneumococcal Infections - surgery pneumococcal pneumonia Psoas Abscess - drug therapy Psoas Abscess - microbiology Psoas Abscess - surgery Psoas Muscles - microbiology septic shock Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Suction
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Zusammenfassung:	A 47-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of severe low back pain. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a left sided psoas muscle abscess. On the first hospital day, US-guided drainage was performed. Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated from the pus. Thereafter, the open drainkage of the abscess and antibiotic treatment were given with subsequent clinical improvement. Only 10 cases of pneumococcal psoas abscess have been previously reported in the world literature. (Internal Medicine 38:63-66, 1999)
ISSN:	0918-2918 1349-7235
DOI:	10.2169/internalmedicine.38.63