Evaluating the activity of liver cystic echinococcosis using the delayed-hypersensitivity skin reaction to common antigens.
When 11 patients with active liver cystic echinococcosis were tested with a commercial, delayed-hypersensitivity, skin test (DHST) to seven common antigens (Multitest; Merieux Institute, Lyon) they all reacted less than 30 patients with non-parasitic liver cysts, who had normal reactions. This immunosuppression in cystic echinococcosis was transient, as DHST performed within a few months of treatment were normal. DHST may help in evaluating the activity of Echinococcus granulosus cysts.
Kacprzak
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Clinic of Parasitic and Tropical Diseases, University School of Medicine, Poznan, Poland.
Stefaniak
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D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology*; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012882:Skin Tests; D013997:Time Factors