title: [A cross-sectional survey of performance of chemotherapy for echinococcosis in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the performance of echinococcosis chemotherapy in echinococcosis endemic areas in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region (Xinjiang).
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire survey was conducted in the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Hoboksar Mongolia autonomous county, Ermin and Yumin counties from April to June in 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 329 echinococcosis patients were surveyed, and chemotherapy was provided according to WHO echinococcosis treatment recommendation, the standard treatment rate was and non-standardized medication was 49.2% (162/329) and 50.8% (167/329), respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to standardize the chemotherapy of echinococcosis in some echinococcosis endemic areas in Xinjiang. The comprehensive prevention and treatment include standardized diagnosis, surgical treatment and chemotherapy as well as follow up for individualized treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Disease and Echinococcosis, Digestive and Vascular Surgery Centre; State and Xinjiang Key Laboratory for Major Diseases Research and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis.
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Disease and Echinococcosis, Digestive and Vascular Surgery Centre; Department of Ultrasonography, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Disease and Echinococcosis, Digestive and Vascular Surgery Centre; Department of Ultrasonography, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China.
authors.forename: Yingmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Disease and Echinococcosis, Digestive and Vascular Surgery Centre.
authors.forename: Wenbao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Disease and Echinococcosis, Digestive and Vascular Surgery Centre; State and Xinjiang Key Laboratory for Major Diseases Research and Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis; Email: dr.wenhao@163.com.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008986:Mongolia; D012015:Reference Standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires