Cervical Pyomyositis - A Rare Cause of Cervicalgia Presenting to the Emergency Room

Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Jul;47(4):583-584. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.49. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

Authors

Hidy Girgis¹, Matthias Georg Ziller²

Affiliations

¹ The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, University of Ottawa, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² St. Mary's Hospital Centre, McGill University, 3830, Lacombe Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 32127064
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2020.49

No abstract available

Keywords: Diagnostic neuroradiology; Emergency; General neurology; Head and neck; Infectious diseases; Neurological practice; Neurology – adult.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Drainage / methods
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Female
Humans
Neck Pain / diagnostic imaging*
Neck Pain / etiology
Neck Pain / therapy
Pyomyositis / complications
Pyomyositis / diagnostic imaging*
Pyomyositis / therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / complications
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Staphylococcal Infections / therapy
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Young Adult