Fatal myositis due to the microsporidian Brachiola algerae, a mosquito pathogen

N Engl J Med. 2004 Jul 1;351(1):42-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa032655.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Apansporoblastina / isolation & purification*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Culicidae / parasitology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infliximab
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Microsporidiosis / complications*
  • Microsporidiosis / drug therapy
  • Microsporidiosis / parasitology
  • Microsporidiosis / transmission
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / parasitology*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / ultrastructure
  • Myositis / parasitology*
  • Myositis / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Infliximab
  • Albendazole