Pyomyositis

Piomiosite dell’atleta: una diagnosi subdola

Colombo D, Catalano A, Morandi F, Pedruzzi P, Colombo P.

2025/2 — pag. 118-119 — DOI

A 15-year-old gymnast developed a painful swelling after a training session, diagnosed as pyomyositis: an acute bacterial infection of the skeletal muscle, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus....

Articolazioni e loro eccessive reazioni

Scarlato L, Krzysztofiak A, Romani L, Lancetta L

2024/8 — pag. 160-161 — DOI

A 14-year-old girl presented to the Emergency Department with right gluteal pain, functional limitation of the left hip, sciatica, and low-grade fever. Tests revealed elevated inflammatory markers, and ultrasound showed joint effusion and muscle thic...

Mal di schiena: tre casi per tre malattie (infettive)

Troisi A, Mambelli L, Del Vecchio L, Altimari L, Mazzieri T, Dal Bo S, Minguzzi M, Marchetti F.

2022/8 — pag. 511-517 — DOI

Back pain is an uncommon paediatric symptom and often manifests non-specifically, especially in younger children. Behind this insidious symptom lie multiple causes, such as trauma, infectious and inflammatory forms and malignant causes. Especially in...

Piomiosite del cingolo scapolare con focolai polmonari multipli e iniziale stato settico da Staphylococcus aureus meticillino-resistente

Troisi A, Mambelli L, Graziani G, Macaluso A, Minguzzi MT, Marchetti F

2021/1 — pag. 9-14 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 14-year-old girl with intense right shoulder pain and severe signs of local and systemic inflammation. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a pyomyositis of right shoulder girdle muscles. Blood culture was found posit...

Un dolore alla gamba fuori dal comune

M. Staccioni, C. Guadagno, L. Biserna, M.T. Minguzzi, L. Mellini, F. Rambelli, F. Marchetti

2019/10 — pag. 645-647

Artrite settica-osteomielite o... piomiosite

A. Bosco, P. Cianci

2017/7 — pag. 463-464

Piomiosite 2016: ancora una sfida per il pediatra

V. Moressa, S. Naviglio, S. Pastore, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2016/8 — pag. 495-499

Pyomyositis is a subacute, deep bacterial infection of skeletal muscles. Originally described in tropical areas, mainly in malnourished and immunocompromised subjects (“tropical pyomyositis”), it has been subsequently reported with an increasing fr...

Uno strappo tropicale

E. Caneva, G. Gallo, S. Ielo, M. Aricò

2016/8

Trattamento antibiotico di osteomielite, artrite settica e piomiosite

F. Marchetti, E. Rizzello, F. Poropat, F. Rovere, C. Germani, G. Messi, S. Demarini, M. Carbone, S. Furlan, P. Tamaro, M. Busetti, A. Ventura

2010/9 — pag. 585-589

Evidence for the choice or duration of antibiotic treatment for bone, joint infections and pyomyositis is scarce and no randomised trials (RCT) have been done in children and adolescents. The recommendations contained in this work come from the aud...

Una zoppia di difficile inquadramento diagnostico

F. De Maddi, R. De Ritis, F. Di Pietto, P. Siani

2007/10