Escherichia coli pyomyositis in an immunocompromised host.

Pyomyositis in a Patient with AIDS

A 58-year-old man with hepatitis C and AIDS developed left flank pain 5 days prior to presentation. The pain was exacerbated by movement of the left leg and it was accompanied by fever, night sweats and malaise. The patient denied urinary or gastrointestinal symptoms. The patient admitted that he was an active intravenous drug user. On physical examination, tenderness and erythema were observed...

Split Thickness Skin Grafting in an Immunocompomised Patient at Kenyatta National Hospital

Partial thickness skin grafts have been reported to take poorly in the immunocompromised patients. We however present a 30 year old immunocompromised female patient with a chronic skin ulcer after surgical debridement for pyomyositis with subsequent loss of skin and subcutaneous tissue. The ulcer was contaminated with E. coli. The ulcer was severally debrided and was successfully skin grafted. ...

Cloning and optimization of phytase enzyme gene expression in Escherichia coli

Introduction Phytase is an enzyme that has the ability to break down phytic acid into myoinositol and mineral phosphate, and widely uses as an additive in animal foods. The aim of this study was to achieve a high level of bacterial phytase expression in PET26b expression host. Materials and Methods To generate the recombinant phytase enzyme, the target gene was introduced into the expression ...

Pyomyositis of the inner thigh muscles due to Escherichia coli in a young patient with severe aplastic anemia.

Pyomyositis, an acute bacterial infection of skeletal muscle, is caused by Staphylococcus aureus or other gram-positive organisms in >90% of cases. A 19-year-old boy with severe idiopathic aplastic anemia presented a pyomyositis of inner thigh muscles due to Escherichia coli as a complication of his underlying disease. The diagnosis was established by means of soft tissue ultrasound, magnetic r...

Bacterial and Mycotic Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts: Clinical and Microbiological Aspects