title: Pyomyositis complicating pneumococcal meningitis.
abstract: A young male with a previous splenectomy presented with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis complicated by pyomyositis. Pneumococcal meningitis in asplenic patients is well recognized, but the association of pyomyositis as a complication has not to our knowledge been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Robertson-Mackay
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: al-Hillawi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology*; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D010400:Penicillin G