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Isolation of Virus From a Muscle Biopsy Specimen

Harold A. Kessler, MD; Gordon M. Trenholme, MD; Alan A. Harris, MD; Stuart Levin, MD

JAMA. 1980;243(5):461-462.

Abstract
Influenza A/Texas/1/77 was isolated from a muscle biopsy specimen from a patient with muscle weakness and increased serum creatine phosphokinase level. The patient was seen during an outbreak of influenza A/Texas/1/77 that was associated with myopathy. Isolation of this virus from this patient's muscle specimen suggests that the myopathy associated with influenza may be due to direct infection of skeletal muscle.

(JAMA 243:461-462, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Section of Infectious Disease, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center, 1753 W Congress Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60612 (Dr Kessler).

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