Trichinosis: infrequent diagnosis or frequent misdiagnosis?

Morse, J W; Ridenour, R; Unterseher, P · Ann Emerg Med · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Trichinosis, a disease of wild and domestic animals caused by the nematode Trichinella spiralis, is an infrequently diagnosed infection in human beings. We present the case of a 33-year-old man with trichinosis whose diagnosis was complicated by the presence of maxillary sinusitis.

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