Imported Haycocknema perplexum Infection, United States1

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal 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
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Albendazole Animals Creatine Kinase Humans Male Myositis Nematoda Transaminases United States
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(11):2281-2284
• Pubmed ID:
  36286008
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9622246
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cfbdbfe994eff0b72088e021fa9efa5a2f34606ea7d9d7ba8ed173e0f1e26bbc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122856/cdc_122856_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.88 MB ]