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. 2017 Jan-Mar;20(1):58.
doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.199915.

Nocardial pyomyositis

Boby Varkey Maramattom  1 , Rony K Varghese  1 , Anila Sudhakaran  2 , Kurian Ninan  3
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Nocardial pyomyositis

Boby Varkey Maramattom et al. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2017 Jan-Mar.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Ultrasound showing 8 cm × 4 cm cystic lesion. (b) Coronal T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. (c) Axial T2 magnetic resonance imaging. (d) Axial T1 with contrast. A well-circumscribed ovoid-shaped altered signal intensity lesion in the right adductor longus muscle
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Gram stain and (b) 1% acid-fast stain showing filamentous bacteria
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