Fatal Alveolar Echinococcosis of the Lumbar Spine
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ABSTRACT For the last 10 years, the southern part of Belgium has been recognized as a low-risk area of endemicity for alveolar echinococcosis. This infection, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis , usually induces a severe liver condition and can sometimes spread to other organs. However, alveolar echinococcosis involving bones has been described only very rarely. Here, a fatal case of spondylodiscitis due to E. multilocularis contracted in southern Belgium is reported.
- University of Liège Belgium
- Free University of Brussels Belgium
- Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège Belgium
- University of Bern Switzerland
Microbiologie et protistologie [parasitologie hum. et anim.], Male, Echinococcosis, Hepatic, Biopsy, Sciences de la santé humaine, Immunologie & maladie infectieuse, Fatal Outcome, Belgium, Echinococcosis, Animals, Humans, Immunology & infectious disease, Human health sciences, Lung, Aged, Lumbar Vertebrae, 630 Agriculture, Alveolar echinococcosis, lumbar spine, Microbiologie et protistologie [entomologie,phytoparasitolog.], Radiography, Echinococcus multilocularis, spondylodiscitis, Microbiologie et protistologie [bacteriol.virolog.mycolog.]
Microbiologie et protistologie [parasitologie hum. et anim.], Male, Echinococcosis, Hepatic, Biopsy, Sciences de la santé humaine, Immunologie & maladie infectieuse, Fatal Outcome, Belgium, Echinococcosis, Animals, Humans, Immunology & infectious disease, Human health sciences, Lung, Aged, Lumbar Vertebrae, 630 Agriculture, Alveolar echinococcosis, lumbar spine, Microbiologie et protistologie [entomologie,phytoparasitolog.], Radiography, Echinococcus multilocularis, spondylodiscitis, Microbiologie et protistologie [bacteriol.virolog.mycolog.]
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