pyomyositis
MONDO:0019168Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pyomyositis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Pyomyositis (PM) is a rare primary bacterial infection of the skeletal muscle, usually resulting from hematogenous spread or due to muscle injury, and characterized by pain and tenderness in the affected muscle, fever and abscess formation.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019168), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
12 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- MyalgiaHPOHP:0003326
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- MyositisHPOHP:0100614
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Recurrent cutaneous abscess formationHPOHP:0100838
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Subcutaneous noduleHPOHP:0001482
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Increased total leukocyte countHPOHP:0001974
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Recurrent infectionsHPOHP:0002719
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Testicular teratomaHPOHP:0100616
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Weight lossHPOHP:0001824
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Renal insufficiencyHPOHP:0000083
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- SepsisHPOHP:0100806
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Sudden cardiac deathHPOHP:0001645
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: pyomyositis
- Also called
- myositis purulenta tropicamyositis tropicansPMsuppurative myositistropical pyomyositis