Pyomyositis in intravenous drug abusers: report of a unique case and review of the literature

Clin Infect Dis. 1996 May;22(5):858-60. doi: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.858.

Authors

P R Hsueh¹, T R Hsiue, W C Hsieh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Taiwan Provincial Tainan Hospital, Republic of China.

PMID: 8722950
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.858

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Flavobacterium / isolation & purification
Flavobacterium / pathogenicity*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Heroin Dependence / complications
Humans
Male
Myositis / etiology*
Myositis / microbiology
Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications*