title: Pulmonary hydatidosis from Southern Argentina.
abstract: Hydatidosis or cystic echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the cestode Echinococcus. Even though different measures are taken including the use of a vaccine in livestock to stop transmission, the continuous diagnoses of cases, mainly of liver and pulmonary hydatidosis, show the failure of the control programs for hydatidosis in our country. A clinical case of pulmonary hydatidosis in a patient from a rural endemic area in Southern Argentina is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Claudia Irene
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Menghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Liliana Eugenia
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Carla Pia
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Puzzio
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Claudia Liliana
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Gatta
keywords: Argentina; cystic echinococcosis; hydatid cyst; pulmonary hydatidosis