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El género salmonella incluye enterobacterias responsables de numerosos casos de patología infecciosa. Las complicaciones focales son poco frecuentes. Se realizó el estudio retrospectivo entre los años 1996 y 2002 de los casos diagnosticados en el Hospital Clínico de Santiago de Compostela, España. Se diagnosticaron 153 casos como infección por salmonella, de los que 13 (8,5%) presentaron complicaciones. Las edades incluidas fueron entre 17 y 80 años, con una mediana de 37 años, de los que nueve casos (69%) eran hombres y en 7 (54%) no existían factores de riesgo asociados. En 12 pacientes (93%) existía antecedente de gastroenteritis. Los diagnósticos se realizaron por coprocultivo (5 casos), en 6 pacientes (46%) por hemocultivo, en otros 3 casos ambos fueron positivos. Las complicaciones incluyeron absceso esplénico, neumonía, endocarditis, endarteritis, sepsis, hepatitis y artritis reactiva. No existió un claro predominio estacional. El antibiótico pautado fue en 8 pacientes (64%) ciprofloxacino; tres pacientes fueron intervenidos. Dos pacientes fallecieron. En esta serie de casos se concluyó que la prevalencia y morbimortalidad de complicaciones, es elevada. La presentación más habitual es sepsis (4 casos), neumonía (3 casos) y absceso esplénico (2 casos), frente a la osteomuscular o partes blandas (1 caso). Se detectó bacteriemia en un porcentaje elevado de los casos...
Genus salmonella includes enterobacteriaes responsible of a great amount of infectious diseases. Focal complications are not frecuent. We conducted a 5 retrospective study between 1996 and 2002. We included 153 cases with salmonella infection, 13 of which (8, 5%) with ages between 17 and 80 years (median 37) presented focal complications. Nine of the patients were male (69%) and in 7 cases (54%) risk factors were present, 12 (93%) presented previously gastroenteric signs. Microbiological diagnosis established through stool examination (5 cases), in 6 (46%) with blood culture, in other 3 cases, both were positive. Complications included splenic abscess, pneumonia,endocarditis, endarteritis, sepsis, hepatitis and reactive arthritis. No clear seasonal pattern was established. Eight patients (64%) received ciprofloxacin. Three patients were surgically treated. Two patients died. Conclusion: In our series prevalence and morbimortality in focal complications is high. The most common presentation was sepsis (4 cases), pneumonia (3) and splenic abscess (2). Bacteraemia was documented in a high percentage of cases. No seasonal pattern was established...
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Salmonella , Salmonella Infections , Salmonella typhi , Gastroenteritis , Pneumonia , SepsisSubject(s)
Humans , Peer Review , Periodicals as Topic/standards , Bibliometrics , Chile , Editorial PoliciesABSTRACT
Background: Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of skeletal muscle. Although more commonly seen in the tropics, it is increasingly recognized in temperate regions. The age distribution for patients with so called "tropical" or "temperate" pyomyositis differs. Most cases of tropical pyomyositis are seen in otherwise healthy patients and mainly in children, while the majority of cases of temperate pyomyositis occur in inmunocompromised adults. Aim: To report a series of patients with pyomyositis. Material and Methods: Retrospective review of clinical records of patients admitted to our hospital with pyomyositis during the period 1996-2001. Results: Seventeen patients were identified, aged from 5 to 86 years old, nine (53%) males. Staphylococcus aureus (13 cases, 76%) was the most common infecting organism. Eleven patients (65%) had a history of previous trauma. All patients were immunocompetent. Six patients underwent surgical drainage. Six patients (35%) presented complications and of those, one died. Conclusions: All patients of this series were immunocompetent. Pyomyositis is a serious and life threatening disease but curable. An early treatment is the key to a better prognosis.