Personalized Management of Patients with Inoperable Alveolar Echinococcosis Undergoing Treatment with Albendazole: Usefulness of Positron-emission-tomography Combined with Serological and Computed Tomography Follow-up

Overview

Journal Clin Microbiol Infect

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2009 Nov 17

PMID 19912267

Citations 16

Authors

J Crouzet

F Grenouillet

E Delabrousse

O Blagosklonov

T Thevenot

V Di Martino

R Piarroux

G A Mantion

S Bresson-Hadni

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Abstract

The present study aimed to identify a sub-group of inoperable alveolar echinococcosis (AE) patients undergoing long-term treatment with benzimidazole (BZM) who presented with an evolution suggestive of a parasitocidal effect. An evolution compatible with parasite death was observed in five patients.

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