Myositis Caused by Trachipleistophora hominis in a Person With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: The First Case in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, cases of extraintestinal micro-sporidiosis have been increasingly reported in both otherwise healthy and immunocompromised individuals. Among them, microsporidial myositis is very rare. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of microsporidial myositis caused by Trachipleistophora hominis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Thailand.

Case report

A Thai man with HIV presented with fever and muscle pain at both anterior thighs and left arm for 3 months. Muscle biopsy was performed, and pathology exhibited neutrophil infiltration and focal aggregations of microsporidial spores. The 18S ribosomal RNA sequence revealed the species of this microsporidium as T hominis, and albendazole of 800mg/day was initiated. H

SUBMITTER: Buppajarntham A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8643666 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature