Acute myopathy associated with influenza A/Texas/1/77 infection. Isolation of virus from a muscle biopsy specimen
H. A. Kessler, G. M. Trenholme, A. A. Harris and S. Levin
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.
