Prolonged clinical course of muscular sarcocystosis and effectiveness of cotrimoxazole among travelers to Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011-2014

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¹ Department of Tropical Medicine, Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus, Tübingen.
² Medizinische Klinik 1, Klinikum Saarbrücken.
³ Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.

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Günther Slesak et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 15;60(2):329.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu791. Epub 2014 Oct 9.

¹ Department of Tropical Medicine, Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus, Tübingen.
² Medizinische Klinik 1, Klinikum Saarbrücken.
³ Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.

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Acute muscular sarcocystosis: an international investigation among ill travelers returning from Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011-2012.
Esposito DH, Stich A, Epelboin L, Malvy D, Han PV, Bottieau E, da Silva A, Zanger P, Slesak G, van Genderen PJ, Rosenthal BM, Cramer JP, Visser LG, Muñoz J, Drew CP, Goldsmith CS, Steiner F, Wagner N, Grobusch MP, Plier DA, Tappe D, Sotir MJ, Brown C, Brunette GW, Fayer R, von Sonnenburg F, Neumayr A, Kozarsky PE; Tioman Island Sarcocystosis Investigation Team. Esposito DH, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 15;59(10):1401-10. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu622. Epub 2014 Aug 4. Clin Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 25091309 Free PMC article.

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