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Using PCR-Based Sequencing to Diagnose Haycocknema perplexum Infection in Human Myositis Case, Australia

Koehler, Anson V ; Leung, Peter ; Mcewan, Belinda ; Gasser, Robin B

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol.24(12), p.2368-2370 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Using PCR-Based Sequencing to Diagnose Haycocknema perplexum Infection in Human Myositis Case, Australia
Author/Creator: Koehler, Anson V ; Leung, Peter ; Mcewan, Belinda ; Gasser, Robin B
Subjects: Dispatch ; Dispatch ; Using Pcr-Based Sequencing To Diagnose Infection In Human Myositis Case, Australia ; Myositis ; Humans ; Nematodes ; Australia ; Tasmania ; Haycocknema Perplexum ; Pcr ; Parasites
Is Part Of: Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol.24(12), p.2368-2370
Description: We report a case of myositis in a male patient in Australia who had progressive weakness and wasting in his left lower limb. Although clinical, pathologic, and laboratory assessments were inconclusive, a new, nested PCR–coupled sequencing method enabled the unequivocal diagnosis of myositis caused by the enigmatic nematode Haycocknema perplexum .
Identifier: ISSN: 1080-6040 ; E-ISSN: 1080-6059 ; DOI: 10.3201/eid2412.181240 ; PMCID: 6256392 ; PMID: 30457538

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