Primary super-infection of hydatid cyst--clinical setting and microbiology in 37 cases.
The clinical and microbiological characteristics of super-infected hydatid cysts are described. In our cohort, 7.3% of 503 patients had a super-infected cyst. Four patients developed severe sepsis, and two of them died. Escherichia coli, viridans group streptococci, and Enterococcus species in liver cysts and Aspergillus fumigatus in lung cysts were the microorganisms most frequent involved.
García
Moncef Belhassen
MB
Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas-Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. mbelhassen@hotmail.com
Lledías
Javier Pardo
JP
Pérez
Inmaculada Galindo
IG
Tirado
Virginia Velasco
VV
Pardo
Lucia Fuentes
LF
Bellvís
Luis Muñoz
LM
Varela
Gonzalo
G
Sánchez
Miguel Cordero
MC
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D015163:Superinfection