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1381692

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
The purposes of this report are: a) To show outstanding clinicopathological characteristics from the largest outbreak of trichinosis in México. b) To describe a modification to the traditional trichinoscopy through the use of compressed muscle stained with ordinary dyes an immediate observation; we have called the procedure tissular compression and dyeing technique (TCDT). The outbreak occurred in Delicias, Chihuahua, and affected 166 inhabitants who ate a not well cooked pork sausage. All patients showed malaise, 85.5 percent myalgias, and 72.7 percent facial edema; leucocytosis was seen in 75 percent of the patients, 60 percent with eosinophilia. Electromyography was performed in 21 patients in the acute phase of the illness and it was found abnormal in 85.7 percent. Only one patient died (0.6%). From 59 patients who were considered very ill, muscle biopsies were taken, and the conventional histopathological study showed larvae in 88.1 percent. TCDT demonstrated worms in 90.3 percent out of 47 biopsies; larvae were seen free and into muscle fibers with or without capsule cells. In conclusion TCDT is a simple, fast and easy reproducible procedure.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0016-3813
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
45-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Acute trichinosis. Epidemics of 166 cases in Delicias City, Chih. Diagnosis with tissue compression and staining].
pubmed:affiliation
Hospital General de Zona, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Chihuahua.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract