TOPIC: Chest Infections TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: A lung nodule in an elderly patient almost always raises concern for cancer, irrespective of risk factors. While cancer remains foremost the clinicians mind, a thorough occupational history may provide clues implicating different diagnosis more uncommon etiologies nodule, such as our case. CASE PRESENTATION: 74 ye...

Introduction. Echinococcus multilocularis causes multilocular or alveolar echinococcosis, which differs from infection caused by granulosus in clinical presentation humans. The most common definitive hosts for E. are foxes and jackals, while domestic mammals like dogs cats rare. Humans rare accidental intermediate hosts. Cystic echinococcosis humans is endemic Serbia, more severe has not yet be...

background: this investigation aimed to evaluate the in vitro scolicidal effects of pistacia khinjuk methanolic extract against protoscoleces of hydatid cysts and its acute toxicity in mice nmri model. methods: protoscoleces were aseptically extracted from sheep livers having hydatid cysts. various concentrations of the essential oil (12.5- 100 mg/ml) were used for 10 to 60 min. viability of pr...

The northern biotype of Echinococcus granulosus occurs throughout the holarctic zones of tundra and taiga, from eastern Fennoscandia to the Bering Strait in Eurasia and in North America from arctic Alaska approximately to the northern border of the United States. The cycle of the cestode is complex in taiga at lower latitudes, because of the greater diversity of potential hosts. In the Arctic a...

Background: Cystic Echinococcosis is a significant health problem seen in our country and region, as well. Purpose: The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the anti-Echinococcus IgG seropositivity rates of the patients retrospectively who admitted to Dicle University, Department of Medical Microbiology Laboratory between January 2005 and June 2012 with the diagnosis of cystic echinococc...

Human cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease) continues to be a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world. Elimination is difficult to obtain and it is estimated that, using current control options, achieving such a goal will take around 20 years of sustained efforts. Since the introduction of current (and past) hydatid control campaigns, there have been clear tech...

Antibodies against Echinococcus multilocularis metacestodes were screened by immunoblotting sera from patients with alveolar echinococcosis (n = 39), cystic echinococcosis (n = 109), or other parasitic infections (n = 66) and healthy individuals (n = 32). Two antigens, approximately 70 and 90 kDa, are found to be valuable for confirmatory diagnosis, with a sensitivity and specificity of 100 and...

Mexico is considered a virtually free region of cystic echinococcosis. Almost all case reports within the country involve immigrants or traveling patients. This manuscript presents a Mexican-native human echinococcosis that developed in the setting described below. Review of current evidence suggests that this infection has been underestimated.

Echinococcus granulosus infection affects worldwide population, including countries of South and Central America, Middle East, sub-Saharan region, Russia and China. In cystic echinococcosis diagnosis is related to the presence of single or multiple well-delineated spherical primary cyst, commonly seen involving liver followed by lungs. Renal hydatid cyst is rare, comprising of about 2-3% of all...

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by the larval cystic stage of the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. This complex multicellular pathogen produces various antigens which modulate the host immune response and promote parasite survival and development. The recent application of modern molecular and immunological approaches has revealed novel insights on the nature o...