title: Primary super-infection of hydatid cyst--clinical setting and microbiology in 37 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas-Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. mbelhassen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Moncef Belhassen
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Javier Pardo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lledías
authors.forename: Inmaculada Galindo
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Virginia Velasco
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Tirado
authors.forename: Lucia Fuentes
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Pardo
authors.forename: Luis Muñoz
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bellvís
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: Miguel Cordero
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sánchez
mesh_terms: 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