High incidence of acute myositis with type A influenza virus infection in the elderly
| Autor: | Satowa Suzuki, Keiko Adachi, Masatoshi Yoshino, Takashi Inamatsu, Makiko Fukayama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
myalgia
Male medicine.medical_specialty Orthomyxoviridae medicine.disease_cause Virus Disease Outbreaks Internal medicine Influenza Human Internal Medicine Influenza A virus Medicine Humans Tokyo Myositis Aged Aged 80 and over biology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification humanities Immunology Acute Disease biology.protein Creatine kinase Female Viral disease medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 39(5) |
| ISSN: | 0918-2918 |
| Popis: | We describe six elderly cases of acute myositis with type A influenza virus infection (Sydney) during the 1998-1999 outbreak. All six cases suffered from myalgia or muscle weakness especially in the lower extremities and the serum creatine kinase (CK) values were elevated above 1,000 IU/l without MB isoenzymes or electrocardiogram abnormalities. There have been a few case reports of acute myositis associated with influenza virus infection in the elderly. However, we noticed a high incidence of acute myositis among elderly patients with type A influenza virus infection. This complication may occur more commonly in elderly patients than has previously been thought. |
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