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Paula Gaut, MD; Pina K. Wong, MD; Richard D. Meyer, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1988;148(7):1608-1610.

Abstract
• Pyomyositis is an acute bacterial infection of skeletal muscle. It is a common disease in the tropics; fewer than 50 cases of pyomyositis have been reported in the continental United States. Most patients are healthy males, although the disease has been reported in diabetics and in the immunocompromised. This article presents the first detailed known reported case of pyomyositis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Staphylococcus aureus was the etiologic agent.

(Arch Intern Med 1988;148:1608-1610)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 23, 1988.

Reprint requests to Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Room 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048 (Dr Meyer).

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