Volume 6, Number 5—October 2000
Dispatch
Trichinella pseudospiralis Outbreak in France
Stéphane Ranque*, Bernard Faugère*†, Edoardo Pozio†, Giuseppe La Rosa†, Alessandra Tamburrini†, Jean-François Pellissier‡, and Philippe Brouqui*
Table
Epidemiologic, clinical, laboratory, and outcome characteristics of four patients infected with Trichinella pseudospiralis, southeastern France
| Patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Age (years) | 28 | 62 | 60 | 47 |
| Sex | M | M | F | M |
| Amount of boar meat eaten (g) | <300 | >300 | <300 | >300 |
| Incubation time (days) | 17 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
| Duration of fever (days) | 13 | 29 | 14 | 20 |
| Duration of myalgias (days) | 17 | 30 | 17 | 34 |
| Measured peak temperature (C) | 39.8 | 39.8 | 38.6 | 39.2 |
| Arthralgias | No | No | No | Yes |
| Diarrhea | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Vomiting | No | No | No | No |
| Periorbital edema | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Conjunctivitis | No | Yes | No | No |
| Rash | No | No | No | No |
| Insomnia | Yes | No | No | No |
| Asthenia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dizziness | Yes | No | No | No |
| Leukocytes cells (Nb = 4.0-10x109/L)a | 10.0 | 11.8 | 8.3 | 16.7 |
| Eosinophilia [peak] (N = 0-4.0x109/L) | 1.9 [2.3] | 3.1 [3.7] | 1.6 [3.1] | 5.3 [5.3] |
| Hemoglobin (N = 14-17 g/dL [men], 12-15 g/dL [women]) | 14.2 | 14.0 | 10.3 | 14.0 |
| Fibrinogen (N = 2.5-4.5 g/L) | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (N = <10 mm/h) | 25 | 19 | 3 | NDc |
| Creatine kinase [peak] (N = <200 UI/L) | 5,874 [8,398] | 787 [2,670] | 4,277 [4,277] | 286 [286] |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (N = 100-620 UI/L) | 1,968 | 1,079 | 1,921 | 716 |
| Aspartate transaminase (N = <50 UI/L) | 22 | 61 | 186 | 27 |
| Alanine transaminase (N = <60 UI/L) | 90 | 61 | 212 | 47 |
| Triglycerides (N = 0.4-1.8 g/L) | 1.96 | 2.44 | 3.08 | 1.70 |
| Plasma total protein (N = 62-80 g/L) | 64 | 56 | 52 | 50 |
| Plasma albumin (N = 39-50 g/L) | 35 | 30 | 27 | 27 |
aUnless otherwise noted, laboratory findings were recorded at the time of admission to the hospital.
bN: Normal range
cND: Not determined
