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- noun A
bacterial infection of theskeletal muscles which results in apus -filledabscess .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They had pyomyositis, pus-filled abscesses buried deep in muscle; osteomyelitis, infections of bone and bone marrow; pneumonia that ate holes in lung tissue, and sepsis.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Infective pyomyositis and myositis in children in the era of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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They had pyomyositis, pus-filled abscesses buried deep in muscle; osteomyelitis, infections of bone and bone marrow; pneumonia that ate holes in lung tissue, and sepsis.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Infective pyomyositis and myositis in children in the era of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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They had pyomyositis, pus-filled abscesses buried deep in muscle; osteomyelitis, infections of bone and bone marrow; pneumonia that ate holes in lung tissue, and sepsis.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Infective pyomyositis and myositis in children in the era of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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General anesthesia may be necessary for an abscess that is large or deep such as some breast abscesses, "injection" abscesses of the buttock, and pyomyositis: ketamine 1-2 mg/kg by slow IV or 5-10 mg/kg IM.
Chapter 15 1993
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S. aureus disease including bacteremia, osteomyelitis, suppurative arthritis, pyomyositis, and pneumonia with empyema.
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Eleven children had skin and soft tissue infection, and 6 children had invasive disease (positive blood culture and no other focus, 2 cases; osteomyelitis (one case complicated by pyomyositis), 2 cases; septic arthritis, 1 case; and pneumonia and empyema, 1 case).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kheng Chheng et al. 2009
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Most CA-MRSA infections are relatively minor, but more serious manifestations include necrotizing fasciitis, pyomyositis, osteoarticular infections, and community-acquired pneumonia including severe and often fatal necrotizing pneumonia.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kheng Chheng et al. 2009
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