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Table 1
Summary of the medical records of the six patients involved. Bold: abnormal results.
| Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | Patient 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | Female | Female | Male | Female | Female |
| Age | 36 | 62 | 30 | 69 | 8 | 3 |
| Medical history | Heavy active smoking. | Mitochondrial myopathy, pulmonary emphysema | None | Rheumatoid arthritis, under prednisone treatment 5 mg/day | None | None |
| Consumption of infected meat | From the end of January, 2022 | |||||
| Date of first symptoms | Mid-February | Mid-February | Mid-February | NA | Mid-February | NA |
| Signs and symptoms | Asthenia, dyspnea, chest pain, low fever | Myalgia, asthenia, eyelid edema, headache, low fever | Myalgia, dizziness, nausea, low fever, dermographism | None | Non-specific stomach aches | None |
| Maximum eosinophil count (G/L) (N < 0.5) | 3.00 | 1.37 | 1.81 | 0.33 | 1.20 | 0.3 |
| Maximum creatine phosphokinase (U/L) (N < 168) | 300 | 98 | 250 | 320 | 222 | 334 |
| Maximum lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) (N < 220) | 339 | 286 | 239 | 234 | NA | NA |
| Maximum troponin (ng/L) (N < 14) | 51 | 18 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Electrocardiogram | Normal | Normal | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Echocardiography | Normal | Normal | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| First serology | ||||||
| ELISA | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative |
| Western Blot | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative | Negative |
| Second serology | ||||||
| ELISA | Positive | Positive | Positive | Negative | Negative | Negative |
| Western Blot | Positive | Positive | Positive | Negative | Negative | Negative |
| Status | Confirmed case | Confirmed case | Confirmed case | Suspected case | Suspected case | Suspected case |
| Treatment | Albendazole 15 mg/kg/day, 14 days; prednisone 1 mg/kg/day, 7 days | Albendazole 15 mg/kg/day, 14 days | ||||
| Follow-up | Improvement during treatment, then relapse of the symptoms. | Still no symptoms so far | ||||
| Improvement after the second course of albendazole and prednisone | ||||||
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