Echinococcus: Difference between revisions

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Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto (G1 to G3), the major cause of cystic echinococcosis
Echinococcus equinus (G4)
Echinococcus ortleppi (G5)
Echinococcus canadensis (G6 to G10)
Echinococcus multilocularis, the major cause of alveolar echinococcosis
Echinococcus vogeli
Echinococcus oligarthrus
Echinococcus felidis
Echinococcus shiquicus

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+==Background==
-* Parasitic disease caused by infection with the echinococcus tapeworm
+* Cestode
-== Species ==
+=== Microbiology ===
-* ''Echinococcus granulosus'' (cystic echinococcosis)
-* ''Echinococcus multilocaris'' (alveolar echinococcosis)
-* ''Echinococcus canadensis''
+*''[[Echinococcus granulosus]] sensu stricto'' (G1 to G3), the major cause of [[cystic echinococcosis]]
-== Risk Factors ==
+* ''Echinococcus equinus'' (G4)
+* ''Echinococcus ortleppi'' (G5)
-* Exposure to sheep
+* ''Echinococcus canadensis'' (G6 to G10)
-* Exposure to dogs fed home-slaughtered animals
+* ''[[Echinococcus multilocularis]]'', the major cause of [[alveolar echinococcosis]]
+* ''Echinococcus vogeli''
-== Clinical Manifestations ==
+* ''Echinococcus oligarthrus''
+* ''Echinococcus felidis''
-=== Hydatid cysts ===
+* ''Echinococcus shiquicus''
-* Hydatid cysts with surrounding daughter cysts
-** Liver most common
-** Lung second-most common
-=== Alveolar echinococcosis (''E. multilocularis'') ===
-* Presents as a metastatic malignancy of unknown primary
-* May also mimic hepatic carcinoma, cirrhosis, and tuberculosis
-* Main treatment is surgical resection followed by at least 2 years of antihelminthic therapy
-* Poor prognosis, with 90% 10-year mortality if untreated
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