Background Bacteremia affects 200,000 patients per year, with the potential for significant
morbidity and mortality. Blood cultures are considered the most sensitive method for …

Suppurative tenosynovitis and septic bursitis are closed space infections of the
musculoskeletal system. Appropriate antibiotics in combination with incision and drainage …

Primary skin infections (ie, pyodermas) typically are initiated by some breach in the
epidermis, resulting in infection by organisms, such as Streptococcus pyogenes and …

Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections,
posing considerable diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and resulting in significant …

Pyomyositis is a disease of abscess formation deep within large striated muscles. Outside of
the tropics it is a rare disease which occurs mainly in certain patient populations such as the …

Cellulitis is frequently seen in ambulatory care settings 1 and is often responsive to empiric
therapy directed against Staphylococcus aureus and group A b-hemolytic streptococcus. 2 …

Pyomyositis, accompanied by aseptic arthritis, has been previously documented in several
publications. However, none of the authors in the mentioned case reports offered a …

Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of skeletal muscle common in the tropics. Pyomyositis
has historically been rare in temperate regions. However, the epidemiology is changing, and …

Mycobacterium marinum is an atypical mycobacterium which may cause skin infections,
tenosynovitis, arthritis, and osteomyelitis, especially in association with exposure to marine …

Cellulitis is an acute localised skin infection, usually accompanied by symptoms such as
fever and rigors, nausea, and vomiting. It most commonly affects the lower limbs, although it …