Molecular confirmation of a case of multiorgan cystic echinococcosis.
We report on the results of radical surgery performed on a 10-yr-old Chinese female with multiple echinococcosis lesions and the diagnosis of the infection by imaging, histology, serology, and DNA analysis. Molecular genotyping provided unequivocal proof that the patient was infected with Echinococcus granulosus, the cause of cystic echinococcosis.
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Ningxia Medical College, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 75004, PR China.
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D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013045:Species Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D018509:DNA, Helminth; C412204:ATP synthase subunit 6; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases