Bacterial infection of hepatic hydatid cysts with Haemophilus influenzae.
Two patients with hydatid cysts of the liver are reported. In both patients the cysts had become infected with Haemophilus influenzae. The route of the bacterial infection and significance of this previously unreported association remain unclear.
D000328:Adult; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged