Pyopericarditis and tropical pyomyositis: unusual concomitance
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An unusual presentation of tropical pyomyositis.
Tropical pyomyositis is a primary pyogenic infection of skeletal muscle, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The most common presentation of tropical pyomyositis is that of multiple acute abscesses with fever. Hepatitis is a rare manifestation of this disease. We report a case of tropical pyomyositis who presented with hepatic encephalopathy leading to initial diagnostic dilemma.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Autopsy and Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2236-1960
DOI: 10.4322/acr.2012.008