[A dog with alveolar echinococcosis: the larval stage of the fox tapeworm].
In this report we describe the first case of alveolar echinococcosis and leukemic malignant T-cell lymphoma in a dog presented to a general practice in the Netherlands. The owner and the dog moved from Switzerland to The Netherlands a few weeks before. The clinical aspects, diagnostics, pathology, therapy and public health aspects of this severe parasitic zoonosis are described.
van Riel
Annemiek
A
Praktijk voor Gezelschapsdieren, Oranje Nassaulaan 36, 2202 TL Noordwijk.
Sjollema
Bart
B
Klarenbeek
Sjoerd
S
van der Giessen
Joke
J
D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D048210:Echinococcus multilocularis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D013557:Switzerland
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole