International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 9 , Pages e823-e824 , September 2010

Necrotizing myositis of the deltoid following intramuscular injection of anabolic steroid

  • Stephen Grant

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Orthopaedics and Diabetes & Endocrinology, Ayr Hospital, Ayr Scotland, UK
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  • Jonathan Dearing

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Orthopaedics and Diabetes & Endocrinology, Ayr Hospital, Ayr Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Sujoy Ghosh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Crosshouse Hospital, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Andrew Collier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Crosshouse Hospital, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Abhijit M. Bal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Microbiology, Crosshouse Hospital, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, Scotland, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 (0)1563 827422.

Received 10 March 2010 ,Accepted 17 May 2010.

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PII: S1201-9712(10)02393-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.05.012

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 9 , Pages e823-e824 , September 2010

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