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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 +4 more
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Pulmonary Cystic Echinococcosis: Two Cases, Two Treatment Options
Oman Medical Journal, 2020 Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic infection caused by the tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus, a cestode endemic in many parts of the world. CE can affect any organ, with the lung being the second most commonly affected organ after the liver. For
Ahmed Babiker, Zied Gaifer
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Unusual Presentation of Hydatid Cyst: Diagnosis with Bronchoscopy
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010 Hydatid disease is one of the major health problems in countries where hydatidosis is endemic. Atypical radiological findings may lead to misdiagnosis or delay in diagnosis in these patients.
Erkan Cakir +3 more
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An infective cause of obstructive jaundice
Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2022 A 48-year-old mason, smoker and alcoholic came with complaints of yellowish discolouration of eyes with high coloured urine and pale stools for 15 days. The patient also had abdominal pain that increased on food intake and dyspnoea on exertion.
Sai Subrahmanyam Pappu +4 more
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Overview on Echinococcosis, 2020 Echinococcus granulosus is also called the hydatid worm, which a parasite that infects humans and animals. It causes zoonotic disease known as echinococcosis (hydatidosis).
Khadeeja Abees Hmood Al-Khalidi +3 more
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Partial purification of adenosine deaminase from protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus [PDF]
Kirkuk Journal of Science, 2015 Adenosine deaminase has been partially purified from protoscoleces of E. granulosus by gel filtration chromatography using Sephadex G100. The molecular weight of the enzyme determined by gel filtration was about 44000 dalton with specific activity ...
Husain F. Hassan, Inas I. Rasheed
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A systematic review of medicinal plants used against Echinococcus granulosus
PLoS ONE, 2020 Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic helminthiasis caused by different species of the genus Echinococcus, and is a major economic and public health concern worldwide.
Rehman Ali +9 more
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Primary Hydatid Cyst of the Diaphragm Mimicking Diaphragmatic Tumour: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Echinococcus commonly affects the liver and the lung, but several organs can be affected by this disease. The isolated primary diaphragmatic hydatid cyst, not associated with liver or lung, is very rare. We report a case of hydatid cyst in a 55-year-old
Vinay Kumar Doddaballapur Prasanna Kumar +2 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011 Background Musculoskeletal hydatid cysts are rare, but being locally invasive, can potentially cause significant deformity or pathological fracture. Case presentation A 39 y.o.
Tóth Kálmán +3 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018 Infection with the larval stage of the cestode, Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.l.), causes hydatid disease (hydatidosis) in a range of hosts, including macropods and other marsupials, cattle, and humans.
Amy L. Shima +3 more
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