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Dermatomyositis‐like syndrome due to toxoplasma
Author(s) -
TOPI GIAN CARLO,
D'ALESSANDRO LUCIANA,
CATRICALA CATERINA,
ZARDI ORESTE
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb15105.x
Subject(s) - dermatomyositis , toxoplasmosis , pyrimethamine , medicine , serology , pathology , dermatology , disease , immunology , antibody , malaria , chloroquine
SUMMARY A woman had the typical clinical, cutaneous, and muscular picture of dermatomyositis but without some of the biochemical alterations of that disease. The positive serological investigations for toxoplasmosis, the presence in muscles of very numerous toxoplasms and their culture in mice, and the improvement after treatment with pyrimethamine and sulphamethoxypyridine demonstrated that the signs of dermatomyositis had been caused by infection with toxoplasmosis.