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A nine year old boy who showed the clinical picture of polymyositis with marked weakness was found to have a toxoplasma dye-test titre of 1/16,000, which had had fallen to 1/1024 nine months later. He made a complete recovery without specific treatment. Muscle biopsy done after the acute phase was normal. It seems probable that the polymyositis was due to toxoplasma infection. Consideration of this cause in instances of polymyositis or severe muscular pain is advised.
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McNicholl, B., Underhill, D. Toxoplasmic polymyositis. I. J. Med. Sc. 3, 525–527 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02958971
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