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A Case of Pyomyositis and Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Yang Kyong Kim, Dal Hyon Kim, Soon Ki Kim, Byong Kwan Son, Young Jin Hong
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2005;48(1):88-92.   Published online January 15, 2005
Pyomysitis is a primary acute bacterial infection of large skeletal muscule, usually occuring in the absence of specific cause of infection. Pyomyositis has been reported mainly in tropical countries and was rare in temperate climates. but it has been recognized with increasing frequency. Toxic shock syndrome(TSS) is an acute mutisystemic disease characterized by high fever, hypotension, multisystem dysfunction and erythematous...
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