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Pyomyositis complicating pneumococcal meningitis. |
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| Authors: | F. Robertson-Mackay and A. H. al-Hillawi |
| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Bucks, UK. |
| Abstract: | A young male with a previous splenectomy presented with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis complicated by pyomyositis. Pneumococcal meningitis in asplenic patients is well recognized, but the association of pyomyositis as a complication has not to our knowledge been previously reported. |
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