Images in clinical medicine. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus abscess after intramuscular steroid injection

N Engl J Med. 2006 Aug 17;355(7):713. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm062498.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Abscess / therapy
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arm
  • Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intramuscular / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Myositis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Myositis / microbiology
  • Myositis / pathology*
  • Necrosis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / etiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Steroids / administration & dosage
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Steroids