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Flaccid Quadriparesis Associated With Yersinia Enterocolitis-Induced Hypokalemia
Rose Anne Orman, MD;
James B. Lewis, Jr, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1989;149(5):1193-1194.
Abstract
• A 23-year-old woman presented with diarrhea, flaccid quadriparesis, a low serum potassium level, and an elevated creatine kinase level. A stool culture yielded Yersinia enterocolitica, and a muscle biopsy was compatible with a hypokalemic myopathy. The patient's diarrhea responded to sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim therapy. We suggest that Y enterocolitica be added to the group of intestinal pathogens capable of producing hypokalemia and rhabdomyolysis.
(Arch Intern Med. 1989;149:1193-1194)
Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Baptist Memorial Hospital and University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Memphis, Tenn.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication December 23, 1988.
Reprint requests to Department of Graduate Medical Education, Baptist Memorial Hospital, 899 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38146 (Dr Lewis).
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