High Prevalence of Malnutrition among the Above Thirteen with Primary Pyomyositis in Northern Uganda.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its association with primary pyomyositis among patients and controls who were age and sex matched.

Study Design And Setting: A case-control study was conducted at Gulu Regional, Lacor, Kalongo, Kitgum and St. Joseph's Hospitals in Northern Uganda.

Pyomyositis in Nodding Syndrome (NS) patient--a case report.

We report a case of Pyomyositis in a 13-year-old boy diagnosed using WHO surveillance definition of Probable Nodding syndrome. Complete blood count showed Leukocytosis with immature granulocytes and atypical lymphocytes. Except for the liver enzymes which were high the renal functions and serum electrolytes were within normal range values.