Ong Chong Yau, Lim Jin Lee, Galang Lourdes Ducusin
Chong Yau Ong, Department of Family Medicine and General Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, 159964 Singapore.
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Malaysia.
Pan Afr Med J. 2017 Sep 14;28:30. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.28.30.13544. eCollection 2017.
We report a case study on a patient who presented with low back and thigh pain of one month duration. He was eventually diagnosed with left thigh pyomyositis. Tissue from thigh grew Staphylococcus aureus. With commencement of antibiotics and surgical drainage, patient made recovery despite prolonged hospital stay. The underlying mechanism of the extensive abscess accompanied by lack of systemic symptoms; is related to relative immunocompromised state of having underlying diabetes mellitus.
我们报告了一例病例研究,该患者出现持续一个月的腰背部和大腿疼痛。他最终被诊断为左大腿脓性肌炎。大腿组织培养出金黄色葡萄球菌。随着抗生素的使用和手术引流,尽管住院时间延长,患者仍康复了。广泛脓肿伴有缺乏全身症状的潜在机制与潜在糖尿病导致的相对免疫功能低下状态有关。