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10077905

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-30
pubmed:abstractText
A 38-year-old Japanese male who had traveled in China from September 13 to October 5, 1997, developed fever and severe conjunctivitis from October 20. After he was hospitalized in Kyoto City Hospital for persistent high fever on October 29, he developed muscular weakness and dysphagia which continued for two weeks. An electromyogram showed a myogenic pattern, and laboratory findings showed significant elevation of serum enzyme levels of muscle origin: CPK, 3,095 IU/l; aldorase, 195 IU/l; myoglobin, 7,570 ng/ml, and myoglobinuria, 94,700 ng/ml. The WBC was 10,800/microliter with 45% eosinophils. Muscular biopsy showed degeneration of muscle fibers with infiltration of macrophages and lymphocytes. On further inquiry, it was revealed that the patient had eaten smoked bear meat in China on September 30, three weeks prior to the onset of symptoms. A dot-ELISA serologic test for parasites was positive for Trichinella. Further, a coiled 1.2 mm long Trichinella larve was recovered from approximately 100 mg of frozen biopsied muscle by an enzyme digestion method. Mebendazole was given to the patient at a dosage of 200 mg/day for seven days. CPK levels were normalized within 3 days of the beginning of the treatment, and he was discharged without any symptoms. Physicians must be aware of trichinellosis and should include it in their differential diagnosis when examining patients with myositis and eosinophilia of unknown origin.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0387-5911
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
76-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
[Imported trichinellosis with severe myositis--report of a case].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Zoology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports