| pyomyositis | Abscesses, carbuncles, or infected sinuses lying deep in muscles. Origin: pyo-+ G. Mys, muscle, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tropical pyomyositis | A disease observed in Samoa and in tropical Africa, marked by pains in the extremities, fever of a remittent or intermittent type, and abscesses in the muscles in various parts of the body (may result in death from sepsis); causative organisms are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, but usually the disease is associated with parasitic infections. Synonym: bungpagga, lambo lambo, tropical myositis, tropical pyomyositis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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