: A 6-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department with a history of an accidental fall a few days earlier. She presented with a fever, cough and constipation. Sars-CoV-2 infection being suspected, she was transferred to a paediatric facility for Covid-positive patients. During the diagnostic process, the clinical picture suddenly deteriorated with the development of bradycardia, tachypnea and altered sensorium. Despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation attempts, the child died about 16 hours after admission to the emergency department. A judicial forensic autopsy was performed that concluded that her death was due to multiple acute pulmonary, cardiac and renal infarctions secondary to septic thromboembolism in the course of post-traumatic bacterial necrotizing pyomyositis of the right ileo-psoas muscle.

Albano G.D., Malta G., Alongi A., Rifiorito A., Cannella G., Palmeri M., et al. (2023). A fatal case of paediatric post-traumatic pyomyositis. THE MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL [10.1177/00258172231165137].

A fatal case of paediatric post-traumatic pyomyositis

Albano G. D.
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Malta G.;Rifiorito A.;Malandrino G.;Argo A.;Zerbo S.
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2023-01-01

Abstract

: A 6-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department with a history of an accidental fall a few days earlier. She presented with a fever, cough and constipation. Sars-CoV-2 infection being suspected, she was transferred to a paediatric facility for Covid-positive patients. During the diagnostic process, the clinical picture suddenly deteriorated with the development of bradycardia, tachypnea and altered sensorium. Despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation attempts, the child died about 16 hours after admission to the emergency department. A judicial forensic autopsy was performed that concluded that her death was due to multiple acute pulmonary, cardiac and renal infarctions secondary to septic thromboembolism in the course of post-traumatic bacterial necrotizing pyomyositis of the right ileo-psoas muscle.
2023
Albano G.D., Malta G., Alongi A., Rifiorito A., Cannella G., Palmeri M., et al. (2023). A fatal case of paediatric post-traumatic pyomyositis. THE MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL [10.1177/00258172231165137].
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