Expert consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in humans

Acta Tropica

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Brunetti, Enrico ^a   Kern, Peter ^b   Vuitton, Dominique Angèle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Cystic echinococcosis; Diagnosis; Echinococcosis; Hydatid disease; Treatment; Ultrasound, imaging techniques

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALBENDAZOLE SULFOXIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; MEBENDAZOLE; NANOPARTICLE; NITAZOXANIDE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CLASSIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE TREATMENT; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; IMAGING METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALOPECIA; BILE DUCT FISTULA; BONE CYST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST ASPIRATION; CYST FLUID; CYSTECTOMY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MORNING DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE VIABILITY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HUMANS;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

EID: 77249171329     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.11.001     Document Type: Review

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