Tuberculous myositis: A rare but existing clinical entity
Journal
Rheumatology
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
7
Pages
836-840
Date Issued
2003
Author(s)
Abstract
Objectives. To investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with tuberculous myositis. Methods. From January 1996 to March 2001, patients with positive cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis or histology-proven caseous granulomatous inflammation from muscular specimens were identified and their medical records were reviewed. Results. Thirty-five patients were identified. Infection-related myositis was initially suspected in 20 patients (57.1%). The routes of infection were contiguous spread in 22 patients (62.8%), haematogenous spread in 10 (28.6%) and traumatic inoculation in three (8.6%). Five patients (14.3%), including the three who had received corticosteroids, died of uncontrolled sepsis. The computed tomography or the magnetic resonance imaging of the involved muscles showed findings suggestive of tuberculous myositis in 15 patients (42.9%). Conclusions. Tuberculosis should be considered as one of the possible aetiologies of myositis, especially among patients with suggestive radiographic findings or in endemic areas of tuberculosis. Patients who develop tuberculous myositis after using corticosteroids have poor prognoses.
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corticosteroid; glucocorticoid; adult; article; bacterium culture; clinical article; clinical feature; computer assisted tomography; controlled study; disease transmission; female; human; male; medical record; mortality; muscle biopsy; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; myositis; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; priority journal; prognosis; sepsis; thorax radiography; tuberculosis; adolescent; aged; child; infant; microbiology; middle aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; myositis; preschool child; radiography; review; skeletal muscle; Taiwan; tuberculosis; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Glucocorticoids; Humans; Infant; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle, Skeletal; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Myositis; Taiwan; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tuberculosis
Type
journal article