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Rhabdomyolysis associated with pneumococcal sepsis
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|May 1, 1985
Abstract:
A case of pneumococcal sepsis associated with rhabdomyolysis is reported. Rhabdomyolysis is a rare complication of bacterial infections not directly involving muscle. Eleven cases of rhabdomyolysis associated with bacteremic infections were found in the literature and clinical data are summarized. The pathogenesis and frequency of this association remains unknown.
Insights
Pneumococcal sepsis can lead to rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle-damaging condition. This report details one case and reviews eleven similar instances of bacterial infections causing rhabdomyolysis.
Area of Science:
- Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology
Background:
- Rhabdomyolysis, the breakdown of muscle tissue, is an uncommon complication of bacterial infections.
- Pneumococcal sepsis is a severe systemic infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.