Tropical myositis (pyomyositis) in children in temperate climates: a report of 3 cases on Long Island, New York, and a review of the literature

Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2007 May;36(5):E71-5.

Authors

Jacob Weinberg¹, Samara Friedman, Sunil Sood, Russell J Crider

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

PMID: 17657319

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Cefazolin / administration & dosage
Child, Preschool
Climate*
Female
Hip / microbiology
Humans
Leukocytosis / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / microbiology
New York / epidemiology
Osteoarthritis, Hip / diagnosis
Pyomyositis / diagnosis*
Pyomyositis / drug therapy
Pyomyositis / epidemiology*
Pyomyositis / microbiology
Shoulder / microbiology
Thigh / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cefazolin