| Psoas abscess: report of a series and review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 16301764 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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We describe a series of twelve patients with a psoas abscess seen in a three-year period in a university hospital and a large teaching hospital in the Netherlands. In our series, five of the 12 patients had a primary psoas abscess. The predisposing conditions were intravenous drug use, diabetes mellitus, prostate carcinoma and haematoma in the psoas muscle in a patient with haemophilia A. Seven of the 12 patients had a secondary psoas abscess. Five cases were due to vertebral osteomyelitis including two cases of tuberculosis. In the other two cases it was due to colitis and urinary tract infection. It is remarkable that in our series there was only one patient with a psoas abscess secondary to a disease of the digestive tract, while this is the most common cause of a secondary psoas abscess in the literature. There were two cases of tuberculosis which is an emerging disease again. |
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Authors:
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M van den Berge; S de Marie; T Kuipers; A R Jansz; B Bravenboer |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Netherlands journal of medicine Volume: 63 ISSN: 0300-2977 ISO Abbreviation: Neth J Med Publication Date: 2005 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-11-22 Completed Date: 2005-12-20 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0356133 Medline TA: Neth J Med Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 413-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Humans Male Middle Aged Psoas Abscess / etiology*, microbiology Risk Factors Staphylococcal Infections |
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