Disseminated pyomyositis with high creatine phosphokinase levels.
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.
Kuyucu
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Sami Ulus Children's Hospital, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
Dogru
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Uysal
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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
D003402:Creatine Kinase