SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.42 issue3Giant bladder calculus author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

  • Have no cited articlesCited by SciELO

Related links

  • Have no similar articlesSimilars in SciELO

Share


Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar

Print version ISSN 0138-6557

Abstract

BAEZ SARRIA, Félix; RODRIGUEZ COLLAR, Tomás Lázaro  and  FERRER SANTOS, Vania. Tropical pyomyositis as a complication of a tattoo . Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2013, vol.42, n.3, pp.417-422. ISSN 0138-6557.

Tropical pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscle endemic in tropical areas. It is characterized by the formation of a pyogenic abscess whose etiological agent contains Staphylococcus aureus in 75-90 % of cases. A case is presented of a 19-year-old female patient with pyomyositis of the left quadratus lumborum muscle, whose entrance door was a tattoo performed on the back of her homolateral hand. The diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasonography and culture of the purulent secretion. Puncture and collection aspiration were performed on two occasions, alongside specific antibiotic treatment. Total resolution was achieved. It is concluded that the presence of tropical pyomyositis as a complication of tattoos should be suspected in patients with prolonged fever after being performed a tattoo, especially if it was not performed by professional personnel.

Keywords : tattoo; tropical pyomyositis; Staphylococcus aureus.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License