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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as salvage treatment for pulmonary Echinococcus granulosus infection with acute cyst rupture [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used successfully for the treatment of patients with respiratory failure due to severe infections. Although rare, parasites can also cause severe pulmonary disease.
Sören L. Becker, Sebastian Fähndrich, Franziska C. Trudzinski, Barbara Gärtner, Frank Langer, Torben K. Becker, Robert Bals, Philipp M. Lepper, Christian Lensch   +8 more
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Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Purpose of review The aim of our review is to summarize specific clinical, diagnostic and treatment aspects of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis. The lung is the organ second most affected by cystic echinococcosis with approximately a quarter of cystic echinococcosis cysts. Most cysts are in the liver.
Weber, Tim Frederik, Junghanss, Thomas, Stojković, Marija   +2 more
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Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis [PDF]

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2010
Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis, a zoonosis caused by the larvae of the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus, is considered as a major public health problem in countries where dogs are used to care for large herds. Despite its frequency and widespread endemicity, the literature on pulmonary cystic echinococcosis is scarce and not systematic.
Saul, Santivanez, Hector H, Garcia
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Rare Presentation of Pulmonary Echinococcosis [PDF]

International Journal of Biomedicine, 2017
In this paper, we present a rare case of pulmonary cyst echinococcosis, in which the patient presented with no symptoms and was misdiagnosed as having pulmonary tuberculosis.
Natalya Kozlova, Mohamed Ramadan, Christopher Mesa, Aijan Ukudeyeva, Anna Shengelia, Nadezhda Inragimova, Rajan Khanna   +6 more
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Case Series of Cystic Echinococcosis Over a Twelve-year Period at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman

Oman Medical Journal, 2023
Objectives: Cystic echinococcosis is a worldwide zoonosis that is endemic in many countries including some in the Middle East. Exact prevalence rates for human echinococcosis are unknown for Oman.
Kowthar Salman Hassan, Asma Al Balushi, Prashanth Kumar P, Hashim Ba Wazir, Badriya Al Adawi   +4 more
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Severe chest allodynia as an unusual first presentation of hydatid disease. A case report [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a worldwide zoonosis and the liver is the most commonly affected organ. Clinical manifestations range from completely asymptomatic cysts to a potential lethal cyst rupture and anaphylaxis.
Caruso, Damiano, Coluzzi, Flaminia, Ettorre, Giuseppe Maria, Goletti, Delia, Meniconi, Roberto Luca, Petrone, Linda, Rivosecchi, Flaminia   +6 more
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of Tropical Infectious Diseases—A Review of Applications and Perspectives [PDF]

, 2015
The development of good quality and affordable ultrasound machines has led to the establishment and implementation of numerous point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) protocols in various medical disciplines.
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Pulmonary cystic echinococcosis acquired during a short-term tourist travel

IDCases, 2023
Background: Cystic echinococcosis is non-endemic in Denmark and primarily diagnosed in migrants from endemic areas. Here, we report a case of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis in a Danish woman with no history of longer-term stays abroad, only holiday ...
Siri Nana Halling Svensgaard, Pikka Jokelainen, Christen Rune Stensvold, Karen Rokkedal Lausch, Anette Højsgaard, Johanne Lade Keller, Henrik Vedel Nielsen, Carsten Schade Larsen   +7 more
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Endoparasitic infections in dogs from rural areas in the Lobos District, Buenos Aires province, Argentina [PDF]

, 2013
Dogs are definite hosts for several zoonotic helminthes and protozoan. Rural areas from the Lobos District in the northeast of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, are mainly used for livestock activity, increasing in this way the number of dogs on farms as
Bongiovanni, Roberto Antonio, Denegri, Guillermo Maria, Dopchiz, Marcela Cecilia, Elissondo, María Celina, Gonzalez, Patricia Verónica, Lavallén, Carla Mariela, Yannarella, Francisco   +6 more
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Pulmonary echinococcosis: A rare pseudotumour of the lung

Rare Tumors, 2021
Cystic echinococcosis is a widely endemic helminthic disease worldwide but occurs only rarely in Central Europe. Humans are infected as ‘aberrant’ hosts by Echinococcus granulosus and develop cysts in numerous different organs.
Kristina Greimelmaier, Thomas Hager, Vasily Moskalenko, Stefan Mueller-Huelsbeck, Henning Feist, Kurt Werner Schmid, Alice Seidel, Danny Jonigk, Jeremias Wohlschlaeger   +8 more
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