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Table 2 Laboratory investigations

From: Two case reports of distal upper limb weakness following influenza-like illness: an emerging pattern of para-infectious myositis in adults

 

Patient 1

Patient2

Influenza A/B & RSV PCR

–

–

CMV IgG

–

+

CMV IgM

–

–

EBV IgG

+

+

EBV IgM

–

–

VZV IgG

 

+

Hepatitis B serology

Immunised

–

Hepatitis C serology

–

–

Hepatitis E IgG

–

+

Hepatitis E IgM

–

–

HIV serology

–

–

Parvovirus IgG

+

 

Parvovirus IgM

–

 

Borrelia serology

–

–

Borrelia CSF line blot

 

–

Mycoplasma serology

–

–

Syphilis serology

 

–

Antistreptolysin O titre

 

–

Myositis panel

–

 

GM1/GQ1b

–

–

Antinuclear Antibodies

–

–

  1. Table legend: Pertinent laboratory results for patients 1 and 2. CMV cytomegalovirus, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, EBV Eppstein-Barr virus, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, RSV respiratory syncytial virus, VZV varicella zoster virus