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To the Editor: Pyomyositis is very uncommon in the United States, and only about 100 cases have been reported in North America during the past 20 years.¹ We describe a 48-year-old, homeless intravenous drug user in whom acute staphylococcal endocarditis and pyomyositis developed concurrently.

The patient was found febrile and confused and was brought to our hospital in October 1998. On admission, a computed tomographic (CT) scan of the head showed only a small lacunar infarct, and no cardiac murmur was heard. A transthoracic echocardiogram obtained soon after admission was interpreted as normal. Blood cultures grew methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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