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Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the striated muscle that may affect the cervical musculature in very few cases. In the occidental world it has been associated with chronic diseases as diabetes and immunosuppression. We present a 67 years old patient attended to the Emergency Department because of a laterocervical fast growth tumor...
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... pruebas de laboratorio evidenciaban una leucocitosis de 33.800/µL con neutrofilia (91,8%) y proteína C reactiva de 25 mg/dL. Ante los hallazgos descritos se realizó una tomografía computarizada de cuello con contraste donde se apreció un aumento de tamaño del músculo ECM izquierdo con leve edema subcutáneo asociado (Figura 1). Debido a los hallazgos clínicos, imagenológicos y de laboratorio que apuntaban a un cuadro infeccioso, se decidió iniciar antibioticoterapia endovenosa de amplio espectro con cefotaxima 1 g cada 8 horas y clindamicina 600 mg cada 6 horas. ...
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Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the striated muscle that may affect the cervical musculature in very few cases. In the occidental world it has been associated with chronic diseases as diabetes and immunosuppression. We present a 67 years old patient attended to the Emergency Department because of a laterocervical fast growth tumor, without...
