Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Dec;24(12):2368-2370. doi: 10.3201/eid2412.181240.
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.
我们报告了一例在澳大利亚的男性患者的肌炎病例，他的左下肢逐渐出现无力和消瘦。尽管临床、病理和实验室评估没有明确结论，但一种新的嵌套 PCR 结合测序方法能够明确诊断出由神秘线虫 Haycocknema perplexum 引起的肌炎。
