Usefulness of PCR analysis for diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis with unusual localizations: two case studies.
The report presents two cases where diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis was confirmed by Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus PCR. The extrahepatic osseous involvement and the absence of initial hepatic involvement are unusual in both cases. Due to limitations of serological interpretation, PCR was useful to diagnose atypical echinococcosis.
Georges
Sophie
S
Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 3 rue Koeberlé, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
Villard
Odile
O
Filisetti
Denis
D
Mathis
Alexander
A
Marcellin
Luc
L
Hansmann
Yves
Y
Candolfi
Ermanno
E
D000818:Animals; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000032:analysis; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000469:parasitology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000469:parasitology*
D018509:DNA, Helminth