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An intramuscular suppuration of the large skeletal muscle groups. It is associated with INFECTION such as STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS and PYODERMA. It was known as a tropical disease but is increasing among the immunocompromised (IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST). Symptoms include muscle pain, FEVER, and leucocytosis. It has been diagnosed by MRI SCANS.
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- Tropical Myositis
- Myositis, Tropical
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2007
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- Myositis (1965-2006)
- Staphylococcal Infections (1965-2006)
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- National Library of Medicine. Pyomyositis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052880. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052880
- Pyomyositis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyomyositis
- Pyomyositis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1923955