Hepatic hydatid cysts with superinfection in a non-endemic area in Taiwan. | Zendy

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Hepatic hydatid cysts with superinfection in a non-endemic area in Taiwan.

Author(s) -

Yicheng Chen,

Ta-Sen Yeh,

JengHwei Tseng,

Shiu-Feng Huang,

DengYn Lin

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.015

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1476-1645

pISSN - 0002-9637

DOI - 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.524

Subject(s) - superinfection , ultrasonography , echinococcosis , abdominal ultrasonography , klebsiella pneumoniae , stage (stratigraphy) , helminthiasis , computed tomography , medicine , hepatectomy , pathology , resection , biology , radiology , surgery , immunology , paleontology , virus , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene

Hepatic hydatid cysts are extremely rare in Taiwan. We report a case of complicated, multivesicular, hydatid cysts in the liver and a secondary infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae. The cysts were detected in an early stage by ultrasonography and computed tomography and treated successfully with radical resection.

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