Published in Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected zoonotic disease, diagnosed through clinical findings, imaging techniques, and serology, for which many serological tests are available. Here we report a rapid unit assay, the immunochromatographic VIRapid® HYDATIDOSIS test (Vircell, Granada, Spain), potentially suitable for laboratories in low-prevalence o...
Published in Patient Safety in Surgery
BackgroundHydatid disease (HD) is a cosmopolitan parasitosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus that can potentially affect any part of the human body. Liver and lungs are the most frequent localizations. Primary musculoskeletal hydatidosis are seldom reported in literature and their incidence is unknown.Case presentationWe deem interesting to repor...
Published in BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundCystic echinococcosis (CE) is a chronic, complex and neglected zoonotic disease. CE occurs worldwide. In humans, it may result in a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic infection to fatal disease. Clinical management procedures have evolved over decades without adequate evaluation. Despite advances in surgic...
Published in Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique
L’échinococcose kystique (EK) est une zoonose due à un parasite touchant particulièrement les populations à ressources limitées dans les zones d’élevage du bétail. L’imagerie, notamment l’échographie, est cruciale pour le diagnostic, la détermination du stade et la prise en charge clinique de l’EK abdominale chez l’homme. La sérologie est un complé...
Published in World journal of hepatology
To delay surgery until the patient is in a better condition, and thus to decrease postoperative morbidity. Using this algorithm we treated three patients aged 55, 75 and 80 years. In all three patients the clinical presentation was fever without a clear source of infection; all had nonspecific symptoms such as general malaise, dyspnea, and abdomina...
Published in Cirugia y cirujanos
The best surgical treatment in these cases is closed total cystectomy to prevent recurrence, except in the spleen where splenectomy is preferred. Conservative techniques are indicated in cases of multiple hydatid disease and in patients with high surgical risk.
Hydatid disease in minors represent relatively recent infections, with each new infection means the failure of preventive and control measures, where both an inequality is reflected in the presentation of this infection. Objective: to characterize and evaluate the inequality of hydatid disease in children aged 0 to 18 years in Chile in the period 2...
Published in Iranian journal of parasitology
The reservoir and intermediate hosts of Echinococcus granulsus and human hydatidosis are more prevalent in the Alborz and Zagros Mountains slop due to rich pastures for sheep raising. Many cases of hydatid cysts operate in local hospitals annually. The present study aimed to review the epidemiologic characteristics of the hydatidosis patients. In t...
Echinococcus granulosus is a taeniid cestode and the etiological agent of an infectious zoonotic disease known as cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatid disease. CE is a serious public health concern in many parts of the world, including the Americas, where it is highly endemic in many regions. Echinococcus granulosus displays high intraspecific gen...
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
In Spain, 12% of the population are immigrants. The impact of immigration in Spain on cystic echinococcosis (CE) is unknown. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of CE in immigrants in western Spain. First, a retrospective descriptive study of patients diagnosed with CE in the University Hospital of Salamanca (CAUSA) between Janua...
