Systemic myositis due to Campylobacter infection

摘要

Myositis is classified into two subgroups: idiopathic myositis and infectious myositis. Idiopathic myositis includes connective tissue disease, vasculitis, granulomatous myositis, eosinophilic myositis, and inclusion-body myositis. Infectious myositis is caused by viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasites, and fungi (1). Campylobacter species are curved, microaerophilic, gram-negative rods with a characteristic darting motility. Campylobacter jejuni is the most common cause of human bacterial enteritis, accounting for 5-14% of all diarrhoeal diseases (2). We report the very rare case of a patient with systemic myositis due to Campylobacter infection.