Disseminated pyomyositis mimicking idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 184-187

  Walji, Shahin ^a,b   Rubenstein, Joel ^a   Shannon, Patrick ^a   Carette, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Infectious myositis; Muscle infection; Polymyositis; Pyomyositis; Tuberculous myositis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; DOMPERIDONE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; OXYCODONE; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE; WARFARIN;

ABSCESS; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NECK TUMOR; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMYOSITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; SUPPURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11844294691     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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