Lemierre's Syndrome Presenting as Multifocal Pyomyositis in a Young Child

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 May;37(5):e142-e144. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001776.

Abstract

Lemierre's syndrome is more common in young adults and the majority of patients present with pharyngitis. Multifocal pyomyositis is very rare in this setting and in young children. We present here a case of multifocal pyomyositis caused by Fusobacterium spp. in a young child. Fusobacterium should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multifocal pyomyositis of unclear etiology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / microbiology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
  • Fusobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Fusobacterium necrophorum / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Lemierre Syndrome / complications
  • Lemierre Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Lemierre Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Pharyngitis / microbiology
  • Pyomyositis / diagnosis*
  • Pyomyositis / microbiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Synovial Fluid / microbiology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents