Northern tropics? Seven cases of pyomyositis in northwestern Ontario
OBJECTIVE: To document the incidence and clinical characteristics of (tropical) pyomyositis in a predominantly First Nations population in northwestern Ontario. METHODS: The present study was a retrospective case series conducted over a 38-month period in a population of 29,105 in northwestern Ontar...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/jammi.1.3.01 2023-12-31T10:06:56+01:00 Northern tropics? Seven cases of pyomyositis in northwestern Ontario Loewen, Kassandra Kirlew, Michael Benvenuto, Paul S Panu, Neety Panu, Anukul Bocking, Natalie Kelly, Len 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jammi.1.3.01 https://jammi.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jammi.1.3.01 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada volume 1, issue 3, page 1-7 ISSN 2371-0888 Infectious Diseases Microbiology (medical) journal-article 2017 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/jammi.1.3.01 2023-12-01T08:18:18Z OBJECTIVE: To document the incidence and clinical characteristics of (tropical) pyomyositis in a predominantly First Nations population in northwestern Ontario. METHODS: The present study was a retrospective case series conducted over a 38-month period in a population of 29,105 in northwestern Ontario. RESULTS: The authors identified seven cases of pyomyositis and describe demographics, comorbidity, clinical course, and the results of imaging and microbiology investigations. The incidence of pyomyositis in northwestern Ontario is 7.6 cases per 100,000 person-years, a rate that is approximately 15 times higher than the only published incidence rate for a developed country (Australia). CONCLUSION: The rate of pyomyositis is high. It may be mediated by overcrowded housing, inadequate access to clean water, and high background rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, injection drug use, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada 1 3 1 7 |
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OBJECTIVE: To document the incidence and clinical characteristics of (tropical) pyomyositis in a predominantly First Nations population in northwestern Ontario. METHODS: The present study was a retrospective case series conducted over a 38-month period in a population of 29,105 in northwestern Ontario. RESULTS: The authors identified seven cases of pyomyositis and describe demographics, comorbidity, clinical course, and the results of imaging and microbiology investigations. The incidence of pyomyositis in northwestern Ontario is 7.6 cases per 100,000 person-years, a rate that is approximately 15 times higher than the only published incidence rate for a developed country (Australia). CONCLUSION: The rate of pyomyositis is high. It may be mediated by overcrowded housing, inadequate access to clean water, and high background rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, injection drug use, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. |
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Loewen, Kassandra Kirlew, Michael Benvenuto, Paul S Panu, Neety Panu, Anukul Bocking, Natalie Kelly, Len |
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Loewen, Kassandra Kirlew, Michael Benvenuto, Paul S Panu, Neety Panu, Anukul Bocking, Natalie Kelly, Len |
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Northern tropics? Seven cases of pyomyositis in northwestern Ontario |
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Northern tropics? Seven cases of pyomyositis in northwestern Ontario |
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Northern tropics? Seven cases of pyomyositis in northwestern Ontario |
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