American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 31, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 131-135

An outbreak of pyomyositis in a large refugee camp in Thailand (Article)

Fanney D. , Thomas L.C. , Schwartz E.
  • a Prairie Clin., S.C. Prairie du Sac, WI 53578, United States
  • b Prairie Clin., S.C. Prairie du Sac, WI 53578, United States
  • c Prairie Clin., S.C. Prairie du Sac, WI 53578, United States

Abstract

During a 2-month period, 17 cases of pyomyositis were seen in the hospital population of a large refugee camp for Cambodians in Thailand. The temporal clustering of the cases suggests an epidemic pattern. Patients in this series were generally young and otherwise healthy. All had gram-positive cocci demonstrated in abscess pus, and all responded to surgical drainage. Fourteen (82%) of the cases were initially misdiagnosed by volunteer physicians who were unfamiliar with the disease. The authors suggest that a mosquito-borne virus predisposes to the development of the pyomyositis abscess.

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Index Keywords

Staphylococcus aureus geographic distribution muscle mosquito-borne viruses pyomyositis epidemic therapy diagnosis Posibacteria epidemiology etiology
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DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1982.31.131
ISSN: 00029637
Cited by: 18
Original Language: English