Using PCR-Based Sequencing to Diagnose Haycocknema perplexum Infection in Human Myositis Case, Australia.
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ABSTRACT: 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.
SUBMITTER: Koehler AV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6256392 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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