[Spinal hydatidosis. Failure of albendazole].
A recession of eighteen months is not enough to evaluate efficacy of albendazole therapy on spine hydatic cyst in spite of a negative specific serology by HAI and electrophoresis. Specific IgE and precipitates system number 5 seem not good tests for the following of evolution. Inoculation of mouse with bone biopsy is an interesting test to evaluate the viability of the cyst.
D015766:Albendazole; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D008297:Male; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
D001562:Benzimidazoles; D015766:Albendazole
Hydatidoses rachidiennes. Echec de l'albendazole.