The first locally acquired human infection of Echinococcus multilocularis in The Netherlands

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1818-1820

  Van Dommelen, Laura ^a   Stoot, Jan H M B ^a   Cappendijk, Vincent C ^a   Abdul Hamid, Myrurgia A ^a   Stelma, Foekje F ^a   Kortbeek, Laetitia M ^b   Van Der Giessen, Joke ^b   Oude Lashof, Astrid M L ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBENDAZOLE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MYXOSARCOMA; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SPINAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LIVER; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859984945     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06355-11     Document Type: Article

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