A Case of Meningococcal Pyomyositis in an Otherwise Healthy Adult. (29th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barakat, Monique T.; Gajurel, Kiran; Fischer, Katrina; Stevens, Kathryn; Ozdalga, Errol; Montoya, José G.
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 3:Number 3(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-06-29
• Subjects: cellulitis -- meningococcus -- myositis -- Neisseria meningitidis -- pyomyositis; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw087
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: The clinical spectrum of Neisseria meningitidis can range from nasopharyngeal colonization to life-threatening invasive diseases such as meningitis. However, its etiologic role in invasive pyomyositis (PM) has never been reported before in the English language. In this study, we report the first case of PM in the English language and the second case in the literature caused by N meningitidis .