Concurrent development of spontaneous pyomyositis due to Staphylococcus epidermidis and Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease

Intern Med. 2008;47(24):2139-43. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0946. Epub 2008 Dec 15.

Abstract

Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common cause of infections associated with prosthetic devices and immunocompromised patients. Spontaneous pyomyositis due to the above pathogen is very uncommon. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis, first described in Japan. A T cell-mediated hyperimmune response to various pathogens in a genetically susceptible individual has been primarily been considered in its pathogenesis. We report a patient who developed spontaneous pyomyositis caused by S. epidermidis concurrently with KFD, and discuss the possibility of S. epidermidis infection being the stimulant of KFD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / diagnosis*
  • Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / drug therapy
  • Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis / immunology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyomyositis / diagnosis*
  • Pyomyositis / drug therapy
  • Pyomyositis / immunology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Infections / immunology
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis* / immunology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents