Bacterial Myositis
- Inflammation of muscle
Bacterial myositis
- Bacteria gain entry via:
- Direct penetration
- Blood stream
- Extension
- Lesions caused:
- Suppurative
- Serosanguinous
- Granulomatous
Abscesses
- Caused by pyogenic bacteria
- Usually:
- Arcanobacterium pyogenes in sheep and cattle
- Streptococcus equi in horses
- Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in sheep and goats
- Pasteurella multocida causes cellulitis in cats
- Usually localised suppuration and necrosis of myofibres
- Occasionally my spread via the fascia