VOLUME 32 - NUMBER 4 - 2011

Multifocal pyomyositis and meningitis after bone marrow biopsy in a diabetic patient


  • Charitidis C., Stampolidis N., Falidas E., Tsochataridis E.
  • Clinical Article, 185-187
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  • Primary or tropical pyomyositis is a subacute infection of the skeletal muscle complicated by abscess formation. The disease is rare in the temperate climates and often misdiagnosed because of the vague clinical presentation. We herein report a case of a 38-year-old diabetic patient with a history of recent bone marrow biopsy presented multifocal primary pyomyositis complicated by meningitis.

  • KEY WORDS: Primary pyomyositis - Tropical pyomyositis - Multifocal pyomyositis - Diabetes - Meningitis.