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Fatal Myositis Due to the Microsporidian Brachiola algerae, a Mosquito Pathogen

2004; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 351; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa032655

1533-4406

Christina Coyle, Louis M. Weiss, Luther V. Rhodes, Ann Cali, Peter M. Takvorian, Daniel F. Brown, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Lihua Xiao, Jaan Naktin, Eric R. Young, Marcelo Gareca, Georgia Colasante, Murray Wittner,

Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

A woman with diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis died from complications of severe myositis caused by infection with Brachiola algerae, a microsporidium normally found in insects. The patient had been treated with an immunosuppressive regimen that included infliximab, an inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor α.