Acute viral myositis: eight cases report

Marta García Ros^a, Ana Núñez Giralda^a, Elena Delgado Fuentes^a

^aPediatra. CS Carabanchel Alto. Madrid. España.

Correspondence: M García. E-mail: mgros@salud.madrid.org

Reference of this article: García Ros M, Núñez Giralda A, Delgado Fuentes E. Acute viral myositis: eight cases report. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2017;19:363-5.

Published in Internet: 06-10-2017 - Visits: 167714

Abstract

Acute viral myositis is a very typical clinical situation with legs pain and functional impairment, after or during a viral infection. The elevation of creatine phosphokinase and a transient and self-limited clinical course are the main characteristics. We discuss eight cases of acute myositis, during the influenza epidemic period 2015-2016.

Keywords

● Creatine phosphokinase ● Influenza, Human ● Myositis

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