| multiorgan echinococcus infection: treatment of an immigrant in the united states. | we discuss the clinical presentation and management of a 36-year-old woman presenting with a 12-year history of recurrent hydatid disease, a disease caused by echinococcus granulosus and other echinococcal species, which is rarely seen in the contiguous united states. she has had multiple procedures since her diagnosis in 2005 and is still closely being followed for possible disease recurrence. | 2017 | 28660127 |
| complicated hydatid cyst of ulna- a rare case report. | although hydatidosis is not uncommon in tropical countries, still bony involvement is comparatively rare. the aetiological agent is echinococcus granulosus, a parasite belonging to cestode group with dog as definitive host and man as incidental host. we present a case of young male, who consulted us for painless, multiple swellings in his right forearm of three years duration, with restricted wrist movements. on examination multiple non tender, soft to firm swellings were noted with restricted t ... | 2017 | 28658863 |
| an unusual cause of chest pain: an isolated huge cardiac hydatid cyst. | hydatid disease is a human parasitic infection caused by the larval stage of echinococcus granulosus. the most common locations for hydatid cysts are the liver and lungs. cardiac involvement is rare, and isolated cardiac hydatid cysts are even more unusual. we report the case a 48-year-old female patient with an isolated huge cardiac hydatid cyst involving both the left ventricular free wall and the pericardium, and presenting with atypical chest pain. © 2017 wiley periodicals, inc. j clin ultra ... | 2017 | 28656619 |
| recurrence of cystic echinococcosis in an endemic area: a retrospective study. | cystic 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 surgical techniques and the use of chemotherapy, recurrence remains one of the major problems in the management of hydatid disease. the aim of this study was to deter ... | 2017 | 28655301 |
| genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of eg95 sequences of echinococcus granulosus: implications for eg95 vaccine application. | to analyse the genetic variability of eg95 sequences and provide guidance for eg95 vaccine application against echinococcus granulosus (e. granulosus). | 2017 | 28647192 |
| presentation of secondary parasitic infection 37 years after primary infection. | echinococcus granulosus (eg) is a neglected pathology that causes cystic echinococcosis and primarily affects the liver and lung. eg infects ~6 million worldwide and mortality is quoted as 2-4% per 100 000 inhabitants. the increase in human traffic from endemic regions demands clinician's awareness. dogs are the most common definitive host for the eg tapeworm. human infection requires ingestion of fecal parasitic eggs. primary infection causes cysts to appear in affected organs, rupture of which ... | 2017 | 28630663 |
| balb/c mice immunity to hydatidosis induced by in-vitro reared echinococcus granulosus adult worm antigens. | echinococcosis is a zoonotic parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of echinococcus granulosus. several native and recombinant antigens, derived from different stages of e. granulosus life cycle, have been used for vaccine trials. in vitro reared adult worms are good candidates for vaccination as they do not produce fertile egg/s and do not have any risk of contamination for researchers. | 2017 | 28630383 |
| immunodiagnostic value of echinococcus granulosus recombinant b8/1 subunit of antigen b. | cystic echinococcosis (ce), as a chronic parasitic disease, is a major health problem in many countries. the performance of the currently available serodiagnostic tests for the diagnosis of ce is unsatisfactory. | 2017 | 28630382 |
| epidemiological investigation and risk factors of echinococcus granulosus in yaks (bos grunniens), tibetan pigs and tibetans on qinghai tibetan plateau. | echinococcus granulosus (e. granulosus) is a diverse zoonotic parasite and causes cystic echinococcosis (ce) disease in humans and livestock. however, scare information is available about the epidemic situation of e. granulosus infection in yaks, tibetan pigs and native tibetans on the qinghai tibetan plateau. therefore, a study was carried out to find prevalence and risk factors of e. granulosus in yaks, tibetan pigs and tibetans. serum samples from yaks (1371), tibetan pigs (454) and tibetans ... | 2017 | 28624512 |
| epidemiological and clinical aspects of patients with hydatid cyst in iran. | hydatid cyst is one of the most common zoonotic diseases occurs due to infection with larval stage of echinococcus granulosus parasite. based on epidemiological reasons, world health organization has introduced iran as a hyperendemic region. this study aims to investigate the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of patients with hydatid cyst in iran. we used information registered in the surveillance system of the iranian ministry of health and medical education attributed to mazandaran provi ... | 2017 | 28615839 |
| characterization of glutathione s-transferase and its immunodiagnostic potential for detecting taenia multiceps. | taenia multiceps is a widespread zoonotic tapeworm parasite which infects cloven-hoofed animals around the world. animal infection with coenurus cerebralis, the coenurus larvae of t. multiceps (tm), is often fatal, which is a major cause of economic losses in stockbreeding. this study amplified the glutathione s-transferase (gst) gene from the total rna of c. cerebralis. the resulting protein, tm-gst, consisted of 201 amino acids, and had a predicted molecular mass of 23.1kda. its amino acid seq ... | 2017 | 28606321 |
| primary sacral hydatid cyst causing cutaneous fistula. | echinococcus granulosus and echinococcus multilocularis are the causes of hydatid disease and the main characteristic is endemic. generally, it affects the liver and lungs. spinal hydatidosis accounts for less than 1% of the cases. vertebral hydatidosis is usually silent and a slowly progressive disease with a long latent period. another rare form is the primary sacral hydatid cyst. generally, patients suffer from back pain and neural compression symptoms. a 43-year woman was admitted with left ... | 2017 | 28599696 |
| prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | as a significant zoonosis, cystic echinococcosis (ce) is endemic in some parts of the world, such as the middle east. there are studies on the prevalence of this infection in animal and human reservoirs in iran; hence, we conducted this meta-analysis to elucidate the prevalence of ce in iran. english (pubmed, scopus, web of science, science direct and google scholar) and persian (magiran, iran medex, iran doc and sid) databases were explored. in the case of definitive, animal and human intermedi ... | 2017 | 28589871 |
| genome-wide transcriptome analysis reveals extensive alternative splicing events in the protoscoleces of echinococcus granulosus and echinococcus multilocularis. | alternative splicing (as), as one of the most important topics in the post-genomic era, has been extensively studied in numerous organisms. however, little is known about the prevalence and characteristics of as in echinococcus species, which can cause significant health problems to humans and domestic animals. based on high-throughput rna-sequencing data, we performed a genome-wide survey of as in two major pathogens of echinococcosis-echinococcus granulosus and echinococcus multilocularis. our ... | 2017 | 28588571 |
| acute appendicitis caused by an echinococcal brood capsule unmasks an asymptomatic hepatic hydatid cyst. | hydatidosis is an endemic helminthic disease in the cattle-grazing regions of asia. it is usually caused by the cestode echinococcus granulosus. internal organs, particularly the liver and lungs, are predominantly affected, but the appendix is only rarely involved with the formation of characteristic hydatid cyst. we present a unique case of appendiceal hydatidosis in an 18-year-old woman with acute appendicitis. her preoperative abdominal ultrasound revealed an asymptomatic hydatid cyst in the ... | 2017 | 28584847 |
| development of a colloidal gold immunochromatographic strip based on hsp70 for the rapid detection of echinococcus granulosus in sheep. | echinococcus granulosus is the causative pathogen of cystic echinococcosis, a serious disease endangering human and animal health. in this study, an immunochromatographic strip was developed based on the recombinant protein heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) for the serological detection of e. granulosus. the protocol completes within 20min requiring no specialized equipment or chemical reagents, while specificity tests confirmed no cross-reactivity with positive serum of fasciola hepatica, haemonchu ... | 2017 | 28576342 |
| rare isolated primary peritoneal hydatid cysts: a case report from syria. | hydatid disease caused by echinococcus granulosus is endemic in many regions of the world. the major primary site for the disease in adults is the liver and the secondary site are the lungs. secondary peritoneal cysts are relatively common and expected to occur after rupture of the primary hepatic hydatid cyst. primary peritoneal hydatid cyst disease without any other organ involvement has been previously reported, and yet it is still considered rare even in endemic areas. a case of a large prim ... | 2016 | 28567367 |
| tubercular infection of hydatid cyst. | tubercular infection of hydatid cyst of the chest wall in an immunocompetent individual is rare. immune modulation for symbiosis between host cells and the parasite - echinococcus granulosus favors tubercular infection. in this case report, we describe a case of both these chronic diseases coexisting together, to present as chest wall mass. | 2017 | 28559529 |
| [an adolescent with lumbosacral instability due to the presence of a hydatid cyst: a case report]. | hydatidosis, caused by echinococcus granulosus, affects the spinal column in 0.5-2% of all cases, with the sacral column being a rare location typically observed only in adults. the case is reported of a 14-year-old boy from juliaca (puno, peru) who presented with chronic lower back pain and cauda equina syndrome. he was initially attended to in juliaca, and then transferred to the hospital edgardo rebagliati martins (lima, peru) with a diagnosis of sacral tumor. in magnetic resonance imaging, a ... | 2017 | 28538856 |
| molecular detection of taenia spp. in dogs' feces in zanjan province, northwest of iran. | echinococcus and taenia spp. are important but neglected zoonotic helminths of dogs. dogs as the most relevant definitive hosts harbor several species of taenia and echinococcus simultaneously in their gastrointestinal lumen which are morphologically indistinguishable. in this study, we used a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method to identify taeniid infections which seem to be highly distributed in the study region. | 2017 | 28507417 |
| cryptogenic hepatitis simulating cyst rupture and hydatid jaundice in a patient with preexisting asymptomatic hydatid cyst. | rupture into the biliary ducts is the most frequent complication of hydatid liver disease. in endemic areas of echinococcus granulosus, development of jaundice in a patient with liver cyst is initially suspected to have hydatid cyst. | 2017 | 28503283 |
| is there echinococcosis in west africa? a refugee from niger with a liver cyst. | italy is presently facing an increase in immigration from sub-saharan africa through the mediterranean sea. case reports of human cystic echinococcosis (ce) have been reported from most sub-saharan countries. therefore, an increase in the number of patients with ce coming from these areas in the italian and european centers for infectious diseases is expected. unfortunately, the epidemiology of ce in sub-saharan countries is poorly known, which makes clinical suspicion and diagnosis of such infe ... | 2017 | 28494818 |
| hydatid cysts in the right temporalis muscle: an exceptional clinical scenario. | hydatid diseases is a parasitic infestation of human and herbivorous animals caused by a cestode, echinococcus granulosus, which resides in the intestine of definitive hosts like dogs and some wild carnivores like foxes. liver and lung are commonly involved organs and involvement of muscles and bones is very unusual. hydatid cyst of the temporalis muscle is extremely rare, even in the countries where echinococcal infestation is endemic. we report a case of 23-year-old female patient with a cysti ... | 2017 | 28484564 |
| primary hydatid cyst of pineal region of brain: a case report from saudi arabia. | preoperative diagnosis of cerebral echinococcosis in an unusual location is always difficult. nonetheless, this possibility should be kept in mind in all cystic lesions of the brain. although total excision of the cyst without rupture is a time - tested treatment, but in order to prevent recurrence, adjuvant medical treatment should also be started. albendazole, mebenadazole and praziquental are commonly used drugs. albendazole is a drug of choice. its usual dose for adults is 400 mg twice daily ... | 2017 | 28484563 |
| case-series study of hepatic echinococcal cysts in serbia: viability of scolices, seropositivity and epidemiological characteristics. | cystic echinococcosis (ce) is an endemic helminthic disease caused by infection with echinococcus granulosus metacestodes. although ce is endemic in the balkan region, the exact epidemiology remains unknown. we conducted a case-series study with the aim of evaluating the correlation between seropositivity, socio-epidemiological data, pre-operative treatment with albendazole and viability of protoscolices in human hepatic hydatid cysts. consecutive patients with hepatic ce underwent surgery to ex ... | 2017 | 28480835 |
| efficacy of radiotherapy for the treatment of cystic echinococcosis in naturally infected sheep. | radiotherapy is commonly used to treat cancers. to date, there has been no study focusing on the effects of radiotherapy on hydatid disease in large animals. in this study, we aim to investigate the efficiency and safety of radiotherapy for treating hydatid disease caused by echinococcus granulosus in naturally infected sheep. | 2017 | 28464914 |
| the enzymatic and structural basis for inhibition of echinococcus granulosus thioredoxin glutathione reductase by gold(i). | new drugs are needed to treat flatworm infections that cause severe human diseases such as schistosomiasis. the unique flatworm enzyme thioredoxin glutathione reductase (tgr), structurally different from the human enzyme, is a key drug target. structural studies of the flatworm echinococcus granulosus tgr, free and complexed with au(i)-mpo, a novel gold inhibitor, together with inhibition assays were performed. | 2017 | 28463568 |
| cystic echinococcosis: a neglected disease at usual and unusual locations. | echinococcus granulosus causes a zoonotic infection called cystic echinococcosis (ce) or more commonly known as hydatid disease. although the two most common locations of hydatid cyst are liver and lung, it may also appear in other parts of the body. clinical presentation of the hydatid disease depends on the site and size of the lesion. a retrospective study was done in medical college and hospital, kolkata, from january 2012 to june 2014, to find the site of involvement, distribution, clinical ... | 2017 | 28459017 |
| asymptomatic presentation of large cardiac hydatid. | hydatid cyst is a tissue parasitic infection caused by tapeworm echinococcus granulosus. common location for hydatid cysts are the liver (65%) and the lungs (25%). cardiac hydatid cyst is seen rarely, occurring in about 0.5-2% of all cases of hydatid disease. we present this case of 45 years female who presented with short duration of dry cough and atypical chest pain. chest x ray showed cardiomegaly with round bulge at the right heart border and curvilinear calcification in left upper abdomen i ... | 2017 | 28457048 |
| new mitogenome and nuclear evidence on the phylogeny and taxonomy of the highly zoonotic tapeworm echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto. | cystic echinococcosis, a zoonotic disease caused by echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s. l.), is a significant global public health concern. echinococcus granulosus s. l. is currently divided into numerous genotypes (g1-g8 and g10) of which g1-g3 are the most frequently implicated genotypes in human infections. although it has been suggested that g1-g3 could be regarded as a distinct species e. granulosus sensu stricto (s. s.), the evidence to support this is inconclusive. most importantly, da ... | 2017 | 28456662 |
| two haplotype clusters of echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto in northern iraq (kurdistan region) support the hypothesis of a parasite cradle in the middle east. | human cystic echinococcosis (ce) caused by echinococcus granulosus s.s. is a major public health problem in iraqi kurdistan with a reported surgical incidence of 6.3 per 100,000 arbil inhabitants. a total of 125 echinococcus isolates retrieved from sheep, goats and cattle were used in this study. our aim was to determine species/genotypes infecting livestock in iraqi kurdistan and examine intraspecific variation and population structure of echinococcus granulosus s.s. in this region and relate i ... | 2017 | 28456598 |
| multi-sited hydatid cystic disease with muscular involvement in a young female: a case report from syria. | hydatidosis is a unique disease caused by a tapeworm called echinococcus granulosus. musculoskeletal involvement with hydatid cystic disease accounts for less than 5% of all cases. the main purpose of this study is to present a case of multi-sited hydatid cystic disease and how to manage it. | 2017 | 28448863 |
| [detection of stool antigens of echinococcus granulosus in dogs belonging to slaughterhouse workers and offal merchants in metropolitan lima]. | to demonstrate the presence of echinoccocus granulosus in the definitive host in the city of lima, perú, by detecting parasite antigens in the stool of dogs belonging to offal handlers and merchants in authorized slaughterhouses in metropolitan lima. | 2017 | 28443998 |
| seronegative, complicated hydatid cyst of the lung: a case report. | cystic echinococcosis (ce) is an important helminthic zoonotic disease that commonly affects the liver and lungs. imaging methods and serology establish the diagnosis in most cases. chest x-ray can diagnose uncomplicated pulmonary hydatid cysts, whereas superinfection and/or rupture of the hydatid cyst (complicated cysts) may change the radiographic appearance and lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment. we report the case of a patient with hemoptysis and chest pain, where computer tomography sc ... | 2017 | 28443235 |
| concurrent pulmonary sequestration and pulmonary hydatid cyst in a child: a case report. | pulmonary sequestration (ps) happens when an area of the lung receives its arterial blood supply from systemic circulation, resulting in a non-functional lesion (intralobar or extralobar). hydatid cyst results from infection of the tapeworm echinococcus. we report a case of hydatid cyst existed concurrently with intralobar ps. a 12-year-old girl presented with recurrent hemoptysis of 2 years duration. serology for echinococcus granulosus was positive. ct chest suggested intralobar ps in the righ ... | 2017 | 28440965 |
| cytomorphologic features of echinococcal cysts. | | 2017 | 28440023 |
| echinococcus oligarthrus in the subtropical region of argentina: first integration of morphological and molecular analyses determines two distinct populations. | echinococcosis is a parasitic zoonosis that is considered as a neglected disease by the world health organization. the species echinococcus oligarthrus is one of the causative agents of neotropical echinococcosis, which is a poorly understood disease that requires a complex medical examination, may threaten human life, and is frequently associated with a low socioeconomic status. morphological and genetic diversity in e. oligarthrus remains unknown. the aim of this work is to identify and charac ... | 2017 | 28433410 |
| comparative proteome profiling of hydatid fluid from algerian patients reveals cyst location-related variation in echinococcus granulosus. | human cystic echinococcosis, an endemic zoonosis in algeria, is caused by larvae of the cestode echinococcus granulosus. parasitic modulation of the immune response allows e. granulosus to persist in intermediate hosts. previous in vitro and in vivo immunological studies have shown differences in host immune responses according to the status and location of the hydatid cysts in the body. in this study, a proteomic analysis of human hydatid fluids was performed to identify the proteins in hydatid ... | 2017 | 28412048 |
| prevalence and genotypic characterization of bovine echinococcus granulosus isolates by using cytochrome oxidase 1 (co1) gene in hyderabad, pakistan. | cystic echinococcosis is an important zoonotic disease; it has serious impacts on animals as well as human health throughout the world. genotypic characterization of echinocossus granulosus (e. granulosus) in buffaloes has not been addressed in pakistan. therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the incidence and genotypic characterization of bovine e. granulosus. out of 832 buffaloes examined, 112 (13.46%) were found infected. the favorable site for hydatid cyst development was liv ... | 2017 | 28408214 |
| orbital hydatid cyst causing papilledema and proptosis in an adult. | hydatid cyst is an infectious disease caused by echinococcus granulosus, primarily involving the liver and lungs. the orbit is an extremely rare site for involvement with hydatid cyst. we present a 36-year-old man with unilateral visual loss, proptosis, and papilledema caused by an orbital hydatid cyst. | 2017 | 28323190 |