title: [The non-tropical pyomyositis--a rare disease in the moderate climate zone].
abstract: Pyomyositis is in the moderate climate zone a rare and acute bacterial infection of the skeletal muscles without an obvious origin of infection. Initial symptoms contain muscle pain and localized swelling and tension. As different causes are taken into account first, the diagnosis of a pyomyositis is often delayed. We report on three cases of pyomyositis and discuss diagnosis and therapy against the background of the available and recent literature.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Zentrum Operative Medizin, Chirurgische Klinik I und II, Oberdürrbacher Strasse 6, 97080 Würzburg, Germany. karsten.schmidt@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Büter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bussen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thiede
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000601:surgery; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002980:Climate; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009220:Myositis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps