Table 2. Serologic and laboratory test results for 7 case-patients with Anncaliia algerae microsporidial myositis from North America and New South Wales, Australia, 2004*.

Test	Abnormal result	No. cases
Serum creatine kinase	Elevated	7
Cardiac troponin	Elevated	2
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein	Elevated	5
Full blood count	Lymphocytopenia	6
Serum albumin	Decreased	5
Alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase	Elevated	5
Serum creatinine	Elevated	2
Urinary protein	Elevated	3
Nerve conduction studies, electromyography	Myopathy, axonal neuropathy	6
Brain radiologic imaging	Cerebral lesions	2
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging	Biventricular dysfunction	1
Small subunit rRNA gene PCR, muscle	A. algerae DNA	7
Small subunit rRNA gene PCR, cerebrospinal fluid	A. algerae DNA	1

*In 2 cases test results were only sourced from published reports (1,5) rather than patient records (2–4).