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Retrospective evaluation of 15 cases with psoas abscesses

Psoas apsesi olan 15 hastanın retrospektif olarak değerlendrilmesi

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The isolation of M. tuberculosis as the causative agent in 5 (33.3%) cases emphasizes the fact that tuberculosis is still an important public health problem in Turkey.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Psoas abscesses are suppurative collections within the fascia surrounding the psoas and iliacus muscles.
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Key Findings & Data:In this retrospective study it was aimed to evaluate the demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory findings and treatment outcomes of 15 psoas abscess cases admitted to Baskent University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey during June 2003-January 2008 period.
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Conclusion & Impact:The isolation of M. tuberculosis as the causative agent in 5 (33.3%) cases emphasizes the fact that tuberculosis is still an important public health problem in Turkey.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:2003 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Yaş dağılımı · Psoas apse · Geriyedönük çalışma

Abstract

Psoas abscesses are suppurative collections within the fascia surrounding the psoas and iliacus muscles. In this retrospective study it was aimed to evaluate the demographic characteristics, clinical and laboratory findings and treatment outcomes of 15 psoas abscess cases admitted to Baskent University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey during June 2003-January 2008 period. The mean age of the patients was 55.8 years (range 18 to 70 years) with a female to male ratio of 5/10. Thirteen of the cases (86.5%) were admitted with the complaints of fever and back pain. Thirteen of the cases were diagnosed by abdominal computerized tomography while the other two by abdominal ultrasonography. One of the 15 patients was considered as primary psoas abscess, while the remaining 14 as secondary psoas abscess. The most common accompanying disease was diabetes mellitus (66.6%). Fourteen patients with secondary psoas abscess had vertebral osteomyelitis which was due to tuberculosis in five cases, to urinary tract infection in five cases, to pneumoniae in two cases, to surgical infection in one case and to brucellosis in one case. The cultivation of the abscess material from the 14 secondary psoas abscess cases revealed growth of bacteria in 11 of them (5 Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 1 Escherichia coli, 1 methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, 1 methicilin-resistant S. aureus, 1 Acinetobacter baumannii, 1 Brucella melitensis, 1 Serratia marcescens). The biochemical parameters of the cases (mean leukocyte counts: 14.500 cell/mm3; mean erythrocyte sedimentation rates: 78 mm/hour; mean C-reactive protein levels: 108 mg/dl) were also high. Thirteen patients underwent percutaneous drainage and received appropriate antibiotic treatment and the other two patients were treated with open surgical debridement. The duration of antimicrobial treatment was one year for M. tuberculosis cases and about 4-6 weeks in the others. One of the cases died due to complicating meningitis and sepsis. It is remarkable that in our series none of the psoas abscess cases were secondary to the diseases of the digestive tract unlike the series indicated in the literature. The isolation of M. tuberculosis as the causative agent in 5 (33.3%) cases emphasizes the fact that tuberculosis is still an important public health problem in Turkey.

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Nadir rastlanan bir enfeksiyon olan psoas apsesi, psoas ve iliyak kasları çevreleyen fasiya içerisinde süpüratif sıvı birikmesi olarak tanımlanır. Bu retrospektif çalışmada, Haziran 2003-0cak 2008 tarihleri arasında psoas apsesi tanısı ile hastanemizde izlenen 15 olgunun demografik özellikleri, klinik ve laboratuvar bulguları ile tedavi sonuçlarının irdelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Olguların yaş ortalaması 55.8 yıl (yaş aralığı: 18-70 yıl) olup, kadın/erkek oranı 5/10'dur. Olguların %86'sı (13/15) hastaneye yüksek ateş ve sırt ağrısı yakınmaları ile başvurmuş; 13 hastada tanı batın bilgisayarlı tomografisi, 2'sinde batın ultrasonogram ile konulmuştur. Olguların 1'i primer, 14'ü sekonder psoas apsesi olarak değerlendirilmiş, en sık eşlik eden hastalığın diabetes mellitus (%66.7) olduğu belirlenmiştir. Sekonder psoas apsesi ile izlenen 14 olgunun tümünde vertebral osteomiyelit olup, bunlardan 5'i tüberküloza, 5'i üriner sistem enfeksiyonuna, 1'i ise bruselloza bağlı gelişen vertebral osteomiyelit olarak tanımlanmıştır. Diğer 3 vertebral osteomiyelit olgusundan 2'sinin pnömoniye, 1 'inin ise cerrahi alan enfeksiyonuna bağlı geliştiği belirlenmiştir. Sekonder psoas apsesi olan 14 olgudan apse kültürü yapılmış ve 11'inden bakteri izolasyonu (5 Mycobacterium tuberculosis, birer suş olmak üzere; metisiline dirençli Staphylococcus aureus, metisiline duyarlı S.aureus, Brucella melitensis, Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia colive Serratia marcescens) gerçekleştirilmiştir. Olgularda lökosit sayısı (ortalama: 14.500 hücre/mm3), eritrosit sedimentasyon hızı (ortalama: 78 mm/saat) ve C-reaktif protein düzeylerinin (ortalama: 108 mg/dl) yüksek olduğu tespit edilmiştir. On üç olguya perkütan drenaj kateteri ile apse drenajı ve uygun antibiyotik tedavisi, diğer iki olguya ise açık cerrahi debridman uygulanmıştır. Antibiyotik tedavi süresi, M. tuberculosis izole edilen olgularda bir yıl, diğer olgularda ise ortalama 4-6 hafta olmuştur. Olgulardan biri psoas apsesine bağlı menenjit ve sepsis komplikasyonu nedeniyle kaybedilmiş, diğer tüm olgularda tamamen düzelme sağlanmıştır. Sonuç olarak, literatürde bildirilenin aksine sekonder psoas apseli olgularımızın hiçbirisinin gastrointestinal sistem kaynaklı olmadığı belirlenmiş, olguların 5 (%33.3)'inde etkenin M.tuberculosis olmasının, ülkemizde tüberkülozun halen ciddi bir sorun olduğunu vurguladığı düşüncesine varılmıştır.

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TURUNÇ, T., TURUNÇ, T., DEMİROĞLU, Y. Z., ÇOLAKOĞLU, Ş. (2009). Retrospective evaluation of 15 cases with psoas abscesses. Mikrobiyoloji Bülteni, Cilt: 43 - Sayı: 1, 121–125. https://ajindex.com/articles/298880

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