[Parasitic arthritis: a case report]

Pediatr Med Chir. 1996 Mar-Apr;18(2):211-2.
[Article in Italian]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anticestodal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Infectious / etiology*
  • Child
  • Cysticercosis / complications*
  • Cysticercosis / diagnosis
  • Cysticercus / isolation & purification
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Niclosamide / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anticestodal Agents
  • Niclosamide