Pyomyositis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica
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Pyomyositis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica.
Yersinia enterocolitica is known to be associated with gastroenteritis in children and Reiter's syndrome in adults, but it has only rarely been the cause of primary soft tissue infections. A patient with diabetes mellitus developed a calf abscess, from which Y. enterocolitica was isolated in pure culture. Incision, drainage, and intravenous gentamicin therapy resulted in cure.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.20.2.293-294.1984