1) Twelve cases of tropical myositis in Melanesian children are described. S. aureus was cultured in six cases; in four no organism was isolated. All of these had been treated successfully with antibiotics. 2) Tropical myositis appears to be about as common as cellulitis in children admitted to hospital in the Port Moresby area.
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