Affiliations 

  • 1 Chong Yau Ong, Department of Family Medicine and General Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, 159964 Singapore
  • 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Singapore
Pan Afr Med J, 2017;28:30.
PMID: 29138666 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.28.30.13544

Abstract

We report a case study on a patient who presented with low back and thigh pain of one month duration. He was eventually diagnosed with left thigh pyomyositis. Tissue from thigh grew Staphylococcus aureus. With commencement of antibiotics and surgical drainage, patient made recovery despite prolonged hospital stay. The underlying mechanism of the extensive abscess accompanied by lack of systemic symptoms; is related to relative immunocompromised state of having underlying diabetes mellitus.

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