Pyomyositis
โ Scribed by S. V. Anand; K. T. Evanas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1964
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 392 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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Tropical pyomyositis is an acute bacterial infection usually involving a single muscle (1-3) and most often due to Staphylococcus a i m u s (4-8). In tropical climates it may be responsible for as many as 4% of surgical admissions ( 9), but it is rarely reported in the United States. We report an u
Tropical pyomyositis is an infection of muscles mainly presenting in black people, occurring in the trunk and limbs. At Hoima Hospital, Uganda, 58 patients (30 men and 28 women) with a mean age of 21 years have been investigated by ultrasound; a total of 81 lesions were present. Two different charac