Article Document Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Review Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T10:26:52 RDF description of Pneumococcal pyomyositis: report of 2 cases and review of the literature [review] - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn25502 55 Pediatrics 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 review Infectious Diseases <p>Streptococcus pneumoniae is an uncommon cause of pyomyositis. It is unclear whether the clinical presentation and outcome of pneumococcal pyomyositis differ depending on the host's underlying immune status. We describe 2 patients with pneumococcal pyomyositis, review all published cases, and compare characteristics between apparently healthy hosts and at-risk hosts. A total of 35 cases of pneumococcal pyomyositis were identified, 11 in apparently healthy hosts and 24 in at-risk hosts. Two-thirds of the patients had an antecedent respiratory illness or meningitis. At-risk hosts tended to have a longer interval between the development of symptomatic muscle infection and the diagnosis of pyomyositis and a significantly higher risk of disseminated disease at presentation, as manifested by involvement of multiple noncontiguous muscles or presence of meningitis. Overall, other than 1 death, all patients recovered with antibiotics and surgical drainage, but as might be expected there was a significantly higher rate of complications among at-risk hosts.<p> 30648 public document-rn25502 Pneumococcal pyomyositis: report of 2 cases and review of the literature [review] 10.1093/cid/cis424 18154 Drugs and Drug Therapy Clinical Infectious Diseases 3 Pneumonia