At a glance
This page contains information regarding treatment options and considerations for sarcocystosis. This information is provided as an informational resource for licensed healthcare providers as guidance only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional judgment.
Treatment options
Muscle sarcocystosis can be suspected in persons with signs and symptoms of myositis, with or without fever. Ill patients may have an elevated eosinophil count and may have an elevated creatinine kinase with no other explanation for these findings. Definitive laboratory confirmation is challenging as is relies on the microscopic identification of sarcocysts in muscle biopsies; molecular and serologic testing for clinical cases is also not widely available. Other histologic changes including eosinophilic myositis may be observed which can be suggestive of muscular sarcocystosis, but not confirmatory. Albendazole was reported to be efficacious in one case of muscular sarcocystosis. (Arness et al., Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999;61:548-53). Corticosteroids may provide symptomatic relief in cases of muscular sarcocystosis.