PEDIATRICS Vol. 63 No. 2 February 1979, pp. 298-300
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Tropical Pyomyositis: A Case Report and Review

Joel S. Goldberg M.D.1, William L. London M.D.1, and Denise M. Nagel M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Tropical pyomyositis is a disease of skeletal muscle characterized by single or multiple abscesses. The infective organism is most often penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Only recently have case reports appeared in the literature from temperate zones; however, this disease is common in the tropics. This report reviews the literature and describes a child from rural North Carolina in whom tropical pyomyositis developed after incision and drainage of a furuncle.

Submitted on June 5, 1978
Accepted on September 15, 1978




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