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The first report of two cases of cystic echinococcosis in the lung by Echinococcus ortleppi infection, in Vietnam.


ABSTRACT: In 2013, two cases of infection by Echinococcus that caused cystic echinococcosis in the lungs were reported. In the first case, there was a cyst of 6 × 7 cm in diameter, and in the second case, there were four cysts of 5 × 6 cm, 4 × 4 cm, 3.5 × 3 cm and 2.5 × 2 cm in diameter, respectively. In both cases, Echinococcus larvae were collected from the cysts. The larvae were identified as Echinococcus ortleppi by morphology and a molecular method (using reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydrogenase [NADH] with 99%-100% homology compared with E. ortleppi in GenBank). This is the first time that this species has been found in humans in Vietnam.

SUBMITTER: Van De N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6034651 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The first report of two cases of cystic echinococcosis in the lung by <i>Echinococcus ortleppi</i> infection, in Vietnam.

Van De Nguyen N   Le Van Duyet D  

Research and reports in tropical medicine 20170327


In 2013, two cases of infection by <i>Echinococcus</i> that caused cystic echinococcosis in the lungs were reported. In the first case, there was a cyst of 6 × 7 cm in diameter, and in the second case, there were four cysts of 5 × 6 cm, 4 × 4 cm, 3.5 × 3 cm and 2.5 × 2 cm in diameter, respectively. In both cases, <i>Echinococcus</i> larvae were collected from the cysts. The larvae were identified as <i>Echinococcus ortleppi</i> by morphology and a molecular method (using reduced nicotinamide ade  ...[more]

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