tropical myositis -->
myositis purulenta tropica
A disease observed in Samoa and in tropical Africa, marked by pains in the extremities, fever of a remittent or intermittent type, and abscesses in the muscles in various parts of the body (may result in death from sepsis); causative organisms are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, but usually the disease is associated with parasitic infections.
Synonym: bungpagga, lambo lambo, tropical myositis, tropical pyomyositis.