| pyomyositis |
an acute bacterial infection of skeletal muscle, usually seen in the tropics, especially in Africa and less often in South America and Asia, which occurs spontaneously without other foci of infection. It is most commonly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, and is characterized by suppuration followed by abscess formation within the fascial covering of the affected muscle(s). Called also spontaneous bacterial myositis and tropical p.
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