[Parasitic arthritis: a case report].
In Protozoan-type infections muscular and/or articular manifestations are not unusual. They are directly correlated to the presence of the parasite in the organism. In such cases a good diagnostic support can be given by the demonstration of the parasitic infection, the inefficacy of the classical therapy with FANS or steroids, and the good results obtained with a specific antiparasitic therapy. The most significant data that emerge from this description regard the possibility that when an arthritis or an arthralgia cannot be defined a parasitic infection has also to be excluded.
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28a Divisione di Pediatria, Azienda A. Cardarelli di Napoli, Italia.
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Siani
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D000818:Animals; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009534:Niclosamide / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D009534:Niclosamide
Le artriti parassitarie: descrizione di un caso clinico.