We report the first case of glossal necrotizing myositis by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus in an 8-year-old girl on chronic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, immunomodulators, and steroids ...

Using a tool first used for strep throat in horses, researchers unveiled the secret life of flesh-eating bacteria, learning how it causes severe disease while living deep within muscle. The team ...

Inflammatory myopathies are the largest group of potentially treatable myopathies in children and adults. They constitute a heterogeneous group of disorders that are best classified, on the basis of ...

Immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy typically presents with progressive symmetrical proximal muscle weakness and myalgias, although some cases can present with respiratory and esophageal muscle ...

Houston Methodist researchers are working to cure flesh-eating bacteria, a deadly disease that attacks the muscle, the hospital announced in a January press release. Although the disease, technically ...

Myositis is a condition that causes inflammation of the muscles. There are different types of myositis, which may be the result of an infection, injury, medication, or autoimmune disease. Read on to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prior statin use was strongly associated with histologically confirmed idiopathic inflammatory myositis, ...