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Giardia lamblia infection in a patient with myotonic dystrophy
Luc Mouthon1, Pascal Godmer, Bernard Piqueras
1Fédération de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Avicenne, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Nord, 125, route de Stalingrad, 93009 Bobigny, France. lucmouthon@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr
Annales De Medecine Interne
|March 1, 2003
Abstract:
Myotonic dystrophy is an autosomal dominant muscle disorder characterized by muscle wasting and weakness and a number of other systemic abnormalities. Some patients have hypo-IgG that is asymptomatic in most of them. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman with myotonic dystrophy and hypo-IgG who experienced asthenia and weight loss secondary to Giardia lamblia bowel infection.