title: Disseminated pyomyositis with high creatine phosphokinase levels.
abstract: Pyomyositis is a rare purulent infection of skeletal muscle caused predominantly by Staphylococcus aureus. We report a patient who presented with high fever, widespread muscle pain and high creatine phosphokinase levels. He also developed multiple muscle and lung abscesses associated with a S. aureus septicaemia.
authors.affiliation: Sami Ulus Children's Hospital, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuyucu
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dogru
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Uysal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D013492:Suppuration
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase