pyomyositis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tropical pyomyositis, Suppurative myositis, Myositis tropicans, Myositis purulenta tropica, PM
Pyomyositis (Myositis tropicans) is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles which results in an abscess. Pyomyositis is most common in tropical areas but can also occur in temperate zones.
Research
1,404 papers- Pyomyositis.Neuroimaging clinics of North America · 2011
- Tropical pyomyositis: an update.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2020
- Tropical pyomyositis.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2025
- Pectoralis pyomyositis.ANZ journal of surgery · 2021
- Piriformis pyomyositis, a cause of piriformis syndrome-a systematic search and review.Clinical rheumatology · 2019
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- Subclass of
- bacterial infectious disease
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- health specialty
- rheumatology
- ICPC 2 ID
- L70
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- C128382
- ICD-9-CM
- 040.81
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Pyomyositis (Myositis tropicans) is a bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles which results in an abscess. Pyomyositis is most common in tropical areas but can also occur in temperate zones.
Pyomyositis can be classified as primary or secondary. Primary pyomyositis is a skeletal muscle infection arising from hematogenous infection, whereas secondary pyomyositis arises from localized penetrating trauma or contiguous spread to the muscle.
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