title: [Parasitic arthritis: a case report].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 28a Divisione di Pediatria, Azienda A. Cardarelli di Napoli, Italia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Proverbio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coletta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeoli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tammaro
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D009534:Niclosamide
vernacular_title: Le artriti parassitarie: descrizione di un caso clinico.