title: Fatal infection due to larval cysts of cestodes (neurocysticercosis and hydatid disease) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients in Spain: report of two cases.
abstract: There is little information on infections caused by larval cestodes in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in developed countries. Two infections by larval cestodes were found in 714 HIV-infected patients studied from 1998 to 2004 at the Hospital General Universitario de Elche in Spain (Mediterranean Coast). The first patient was a Colombian immigrant diagnosed as having neurocysticercosis, and subsequently found to have HIV infection. The second case was an HIV-infected Spanish patient who developed hydatid disease of the liver, lung and peritoneum. Both patients died. Although infrequent, infections by larval cestodes constitute a cause of disease in HIV-infected patients in developed countries, and might be linked with a more severe presentation.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Alicante, Spain. jramosrincon@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Mar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masia
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Padilla
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernal
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin-Hidalgo
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology*; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D011859:Radiography