Imported Haycocknema perplexum Infection, United States

We report an imported case of myositis caused by a rare parasite, Haycocknema perplexum, in Australia in a 37-year-old man who had progressive facial, axial, and limb weakness, dysphagia, dysphonia, increased levels of creatine kinase and hepatic aminotransferases, and peripheral eosinophilia for 8...

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Autores principales: Pritt, Bobbi S., Mathison, Blaine A., Bradbury, Richard S., Liewluck, Teerin, Nicolau, Stefan, O’Horo, John C., Grunst, David, Pinto, Marcus V., Swanson, Amy A., Virk, Abinash
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36286008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.220286
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author Pritt, Bobbi S.
Mathison, Blaine A.
Bradbury, Richard S.
Liewluck, Teerin
Nicolau, Stefan
O’Horo, John C.
Grunst, David
Pinto, Marcus V.
Swanson, Amy A.
Virk, Abinash
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Mathison, Blaine A.
Bradbury, Richard S.
Liewluck, Teerin
Nicolau, Stefan
O’Horo, John C.
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description We report an imported case of myositis caused by a rare parasite, Haycocknema perplexum, in Australia in a 37-year-old man who had progressive facial, axial, and limb weakness, dysphagia, dysphonia, increased levels of creatine kinase and hepatic aminotransferases, and peripheral eosinophilia for 8 years. He was given extended, high-dose albendazole.
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spelling pubmed-96222462022-11-05 Imported Haycocknema perplexum Infection, United States Pritt, Bobbi S. Mathison, Blaine A. Bradbury, Richard S. Liewluck, Teerin Nicolau, Stefan O’Horo, John C. Grunst, David Pinto, Marcus V. Swanson, Amy A. Virk, Abinash Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report an imported case of myositis caused by a rare parasite, Haycocknema perplexum, in Australia in a 37-year-old man who had progressive facial, axial, and limb weakness, dysphagia, dysphonia, increased levels of creatine kinase and hepatic aminotransferases, and peripheral eosinophilia for 8 years. He was given extended, high-dose albendazole. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9622246/ /pubmed/36286008 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.220286 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Nicolau, Stefan
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Grunst, David
Pinto, Marcus V.
Swanson, Amy A.
Virk, Abinash
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title_sort imported haycocknema perplexum infection, united states
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9622246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36286008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2811.220286
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