[Pyomyositis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a previously healthy 20-year-old man].

[pyomyositis]

Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscle usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus . This case report presents a 20 -year -old man with pyomyositis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae . Pyomyositis is a rare but potentially critical disease , and early diagnosis , drainage and use of appropriate antibiotic therapy are essential to reduce morbidity and mortality . However , early diagnosis of pyomyositis can be challenging as initial symptoms may be vague , but the condition should be suspected in patients with acute onset of severe , localised muscle pain and fever .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "fever" symptom

22q11.2 deletion syndrome

acute rheumatic fever

alexander disease

allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

canavan disease

carcinoma of the gallbladder

child syndrome

congenital toxoplasmosis

cushing syndrome

cystinuria

dracunculiasis

erdheim-chester disease

esophageal adenocarcinoma

esophageal carcinoma

familial mediterranean fever

focal myositis

hodgkin lymphoma, classical

lamellar ichthyosis

legionellosis

locked-in syndrome

malignant atrophic papulosis

neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy

neuralgic amyotrophy

oculocutaneous albinism

papillon-lefèvre syndrome

pyomyositis

pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency

scrub typhus

severe combined immunodeficiency

sneddon syndrome

systemic capillary leak syndrome

triple a syndrome

typhoid

waldenström macroglobulinemia

wolf-hirschhorn syndrome

This symptom has already been validated