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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Recurrent myositis triggered by infections: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Recurrent myositis triggered by infections a case report Sui H Wong 1 Bryan RF Lecky1 Ian J Hart2 Daniel Crooks1 and Tom Solomon1 Address rfhe Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Trust Lower Lane Fazakerley Liverpool L7 9LJ UK and 2Royal Liverpool University Hospital Prescot Street Liverpool L7 8XP UK Email Sui H Wong - suiwong@ Bryan RF Ian J Hart - ijhart@ Daniel Crooks - Tom Solomon - tsolomon@ Corresponding author Published 14 November 2008 Received 2 June 2008 . - . . . Accepted 14 November 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 344 doi l 752-1947-2-344 This article is available from http content 2 1 344 2008 Wong et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Recurrent myositis triggered by infections is unusual with only one other case reporting two attacks described in the literature. Case presentation We report the case of a 24-year-old Caucasian woman with recurrent myositis triggered by sore throat respiratory and urinary tract infections over the past l8 years up to four times a year. Myositis of this frequency and duration apparently triggered by infections has not been reported previously. Conclusion We believe that this case adds to the understanding of myositis associated with infections being a triggered autoimmune response and postulate that the pathogenesis in our patient is a non-specific immune response to a range of different precipitants both bacterial and viral. Introduction Myositis can occur in association with infections. .