Positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of disseminated pyomyositis due to PVL-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

QJM. 2013 May;106(5):485-6. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcs088. Epub 2012 Jun 11.

Authors

H Gill¹, H Kwok, K K W To, P-L Ho, H K F Mak, C-S Chim, Y-L Kwong

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 22690009
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcs088

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Middle Aged
Multimodal Imaging
Pyomyositis / diagnostic imaging
Pyomyositis / drug therapy
Pyomyositis / microbiology*
Radionuclide Imaging
Staphylococcal Infections / complications*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin