TY - JOUR
T1 - Case report
T2 - Clinical and serological evaluation of echinococcosis of the spine
AU - El-On, J.
AU - Ben-Noun, L.
AU - Galitza, Z.
AU - Ohana, N.
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - A 53-year-old male with a severe destructive lesion of the L4 vertebral body caused by an Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst was studied. He underwent surgery twice, and was treated continuously with albendazole, followed by albendazole combined with praziquantel. Specific anti-echinococcal immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgG4, and IgE activities before and after surgery were further determined. In spite of long-term chemotherapeutic treatment combined with surgery, no eradication of the disease was achieved.
AB - A 53-year-old male with a severe destructive lesion of the L4 vertebral body caused by an Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst was studied. He underwent surgery twice, and was treated continuously with albendazole, followed by albendazole combined with praziquantel. Specific anti-echinococcal immunoglobulin (Ig) G, IgG4, and IgE activities before and after surgery were further determined. In spite of long-term chemotherapeutic treatment combined with surgery, no eradication of the disease was achieved.
KW - Albendazole
KW - Cystic echinococcosis
KW - Echinococcus granulosus
KW - Israel
KW - Praziquantel
KW - Tadzikistan
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=7244258890&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80031-7
DO - 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80031-7
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C2 - 15307428
AN - SCOPUS:7244258890
SN - 0035-9203
VL - 97
SP - 567
EP - 569
JO - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -