Pyogenic psoas abscess: a rare complication after orthotopic heart transplantation

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2002 Aug;21(8):928-31. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(01)00769-0.

Abstract

We describe a 57-year-old man who developed a primary psoas abscess after treatment for acute allograft rejection, 5 years after orthotopic heart transplantation. The infective organism was methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and the patient underwent successful treatment with computed tomography-guided percutaneous drainage combined with teicoplanin and fusidic acid.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fusidic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Graft Rejection / drug therapy
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
  • Psoas Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Psoas Abscess / etiology*
  • Psoas Abscess / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / etiology*
  • Teicoplanin / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Fusidic Acid
  • Teicoplanin