Non-Spinal Pyogenic Psoas Abscess
- 1 July 1966
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 48 (5) , 867-877
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-196648050-00004
Abstract
1. Attention is drawn to primary isolated abscess in the psoas sheath as a definite clinical entity. 2. Details of twenty-four cases are reported. 3. The organism in the majority of patients was coagulase positive Staphylococcus pyogenes. 4. In all but one patient there was a prompt response to incision and drainage of the pus supplemented by appropriate antibiotic therapy.Keywords
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