Abstract
A young male with a previous splenectomy presented with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis complicated by pyomyositis. Pneumococcal meningitis in asplenic patients is well recognized, but the association of pyomyositis as a complication has not to our knowledge been previously reported.
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