Open AccessMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pyomyositis inducing Guillain-Barré Syndrome - A rare and unexpected clinical presentation
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar Sharma,
Gurpreet Kaur-Dhillon,
Shibu Sasidharan,
Harpreet Singh-Dhillon,
Babitha Shibu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista peruana de investigación en salud
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2616-6097
DOI - 10.35839/repis.5.4.967
Subject(s) - pyomyositis , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , guillain barre syndrome , presentation (obstetrics) , incidence (geometry) , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , leukocidin , dermatology , pediatrics , surgery , abscess , biology , bacteria , physics , optics , genetics
Tropical pyomyositis is characterized by deep suppurative skeletal muscle infection most commonly by Staphylococcal Aureus (S. aureus) with increasing incidence of infection by community acquired methicillin resistant S. aureus(CA-MRSA). The initial clinical presentation is generally non-specific and requires a high index of suspicion. We report the clinical course of a child from subtropical area of North India who developed multiple deep pyogenous collections, complicated with CA-MRSA septicaemia and followed by unusual complications consistent with Guillain-Barré Syndrome.