Primary spinal hydatid cyst in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Spinal hydatid cyst is a serious and unusual infectious disease. There is little information on infections caused by cestodes in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Although infrequent, infections by cestodes constitute a cause of disease in HIV-infected patients, especially in endemic areas. This report presents, for the first time in the literature, primary spinal cyst hydatid in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Disease, Selcuk University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
Ibrahim
I
Erayman
Erdal
E
Kalkan
Fatih
F
Erdi
Ülkü
Ü
Kerimoglu
Hasan
H
Esen
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole