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Query: UMLS:C0040425 (
tonsillitis
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A case of nontropical
pyomyositis
is reported in a young male without predisposing factors. The disease was preceded by a
tonsillitis
, and the presentation initially suggested a septic arthritis of the shoulder. Fusobacterium, a highly unusual pathogen in
pyomyositis
, was isolated from an abscess in the infraspinatus muscle. The increasing frequency of the disease in areas with a temperate climate and the pathogenesis are discussed. Our case had the classic features of Lemierre's syndrome: invasion of the bloodstream by Fusobacterium species from a
tonsillitis
.
...
PMID:Fusobacterium pyomyositis of the shoulder after tonsillitis. Report of a case of Lemierre's syndrome. 176 55
