Tropical pyomyositis and human toxocariasis: a clinical and experimental study

Infection with Toxocara canis larvae usually occurs through the ingestion of contaminated rabbit, pork, beef or chicken. Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles, occurring primarily in the tropics. The presumed pathogenesis of pyomyositis involves a prior bacteremia with Staphylococcus aureus. As yet, there is no convincing evidence that relates pyomyositis to predisposing circumstances that are peculiar to the tropics. Rayes et al present clinical and experimental data about the association between T. Canis infection and tropical pyomyositis caused by S. aureus.