Immunodiagnosis of echinococcosis in cancer patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 693-697

  Pfister, M ^b   Gottstein, B ^b   Cerny, T ^b   Cerny, A ^a  

^a Ospedale Civico Lugano   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross reactions; E. granulosus hydatid fluid antigen ELISA; Immunodiagnosis; Neoplasm; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 0032708503     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00515.x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Rausch RL. Life-cycle patterns and geographic distribution of Echinococcus species. In Thompson ECA, ed. The biology of Echinococcus and hydatid disease. London: Allen & Unwin, 1986: 44-80.
2. Gottstein B, Reichen J. Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis. In Cook GC, ed. Manson's tropical diseases. London: Saunders Publishing, 1996: 1486-508.
3. Eckert J, Jacquier P, Baumann D, et al. Echinokokkose des Menschen in der Schweiz, 1984-1992. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1995; 125: 1989-98.
4. WHO Informal Working Group on Echinococcosis. Guidelines for treatment of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in humans. Bull WHO 1996; 74: 231-344.
5. Gottstein B, Jacquier P, Bresson-Hadni S, et al. Improved primary immunodiagnosis ot alveolar echinococcosis in humans by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using the Em2plus antigen. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31: 373-6.
6. Schantz PM, Gottstein B. Echinococcosis (Hydatidosis). Immunodiagnosis of parasitic diseases, vol. 1. San Diego: Academic Press, 1986: 69-107.
7. Lightowlers M, Gottstein B. Immunodiagnosis of echinococcosis. Echinococcus and hydatid disease. In Thompson ECA, Lymbery AJ, eds. Wallingford: CAB International, 1995: 355-410.
8. Iacona A, Pini C, Vicari G. Enzyme-linked immunsorbent assay (ELISA) in the serodiagnosis of hydatid disease. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1980; 29: 95-102.
9. Dar FK, Buhidma MA, Kidwai SA. Hydatid false positive serological test results in malignancy. Br Med J 1984; 288: 1197.
10. Varela-Diaz VM, Coltorti EA, D'Alessandro A. Immunoelectrophoresis tests showing Echinococcus granulosus Arc 5 in human cases of Echinococcus vogeli and cysticercosis-multiple myeloma. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1978; 27: 554-7.
11. Todorov T, Jeleva R. Nachweis präzipitierender Antikörper bei der Echinokokkose mit der Gegenstrom-Immunelektrophorese. Tropenmed Parasitol 1979; 30: 182-8.
12. Jong WK, Heath DD, Savage T. Possible antigenic similarity between pulmonary carcinoma and cysts of Echinococcus granulosus. Br Med J 1979; 1: 1463-4.
13. Bresson-Hadni S, Laplante J, Lenys D, et al. Seroepidemiologic screening of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in a European area endemic for alveolar echinococcosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 51: 837-46.
14. Maddison SE, Slemenda SB, Schantz PM, et al. A specific diagnostic antigen of Echinococcus granulosus with an apparent molecular weight of 8 kDa. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1989; 40: 377-83.
15. Poretti D, Felleisen E, Grimm F, et al. Differential immunodiagnosis between cystic hydatid disease and other cross-reactive pathologies. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1999; 60: 193-8.
16. Sikora K, James K. Immune modulation and cancer. Br Med Bull 1991; 47: 209-26.
17. Bresson-Hadni S, Franza A, Miguet JP, et al. Orthotopic liver transplantation for incurable alveolar echinococcosis of the liver: report of 17 cases. Hepatology 1991; 13: 1061-70.
18. Borkowsky W, Rigaud M, Krasinski K, et al. Cell-mediated and humoral immune responses in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus during the first four years of life. J Pediatr 1992; 120: 371-5.
19. Sailer M, Soelder B, Allerberger F, et al. Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver in a six-year-old girl with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. J Pediatr 1997; 130: 318-23.