Acute pyomyositis

ABSTRACT

A case of acute Pyomyositis caused by a Providence organism in an eighty year old man is presented. The initial diagnosis was infection in a previously operated hip and upper femur, the diagnosis was made on icision and drainage of the lision. Supportive measures, antibiotic therapy, and prompt surgical debri dement drainage resulted in recovery of the patient. Unfamiliarity and unawareness of this entity remain the major obstacles to its appropriate management in countries where the condition is rare