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Pyomyositis and muscle abscess due to Salmonella enteritidis in a patient with Behçet's syndrome: a case report


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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey. gokcekenar@gmail.com
  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
  3. Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.

CER13645
2020 Vol.38, N°5 ,Suppl.127
PI 0098, PF 0100
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PMID: 33124570 [PubMed]

Received: 02/06/2020
Accepted : 08/10/2020
In Press: 19/10/2020
Published: 10/12/2020

Abstract

Salmonella infections usually present with gastrointestinal manifestations including enterocolitis especially in immunocompromised patients. Haematogenous dissemination and abscesses are very rare complications of Salmonella species. This case report documents a patient with Behçet’s syndrome (BS) who has pyomyositis due to Salmonella species. A 43-year-old male patient with BS presented to the outpatient rheumatology clinic with bilateral acute-onset lower extremity pain. However, over a short time the pain gradually increased and was accompanied by fever. The magnetic resonance scans demonstrated pyomyositis and muscle abscess in the adductor and obturator muscles. The cultures showed Salmonella enteritidis infection. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotic therapy. This case is important since it is one of the first in the literature to report an adult patient with BS and Salmonella pyomyositis.

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