Kerrigan K R, Nelson S J
Hospital Vozandes Oriente, Shell, Pastaza, Ecuador.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Jan-Feb;86(1):90-1. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(92)90458-o.
In the ten year period 1980-1989, 97 patients were treated for tropical pyomyositis at Hospital Vozandes Oriente in eastern Ecuador, accounting for 2.2% of surgical admissions. Operation records from an affiliated hospital in Quito showed that, high on the Andean plateau, pyomyositis accounted for only 0.1% of surgical admissions. Among the patient population of Ecuador's eastern tropical rain forest, persons who were members of an indigenous ethnic group were affected with pyomyositis twice as often as would be expected from their representation in the general population.
在1980年至1989年的十年间，厄瓜多尔东部的东方沃赞德斯医院收治了97例热带脓性肌炎患者，占外科住院人数的2.2%。基多一家附属医院的手术记录显示，在安第斯高原地区，脓性肌炎仅占外科住院人数的0.1%。在厄瓜多尔东部热带雨林地区的患者群体中，属于土著民族的人患脓性肌炎的几率是其在总人口中所占比例预期的两倍。
