Accelerated Course of Alveolar Echinococcosis After Treatment With Steroids in a Patient With Autoimmune Encephalitis.

case report echinococcosis immunosuppression liver metastases reactivation steroids

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Historique:
accepted: 16 10 2021
entrez: 25 11 2021
pubmed: 26 11 2021
medline: 26 11 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic infection caused by the fox tapeworm

Identifiants

pubmed: 34820209
doi: 10.7759/cureus.18831
pmc: PMC8596569
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e18831

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021, Diem et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Stefan Diem (S)

Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, CHE.

Bruno Gottstein (B)

Institute of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, CHE.

Guido Beldi (G)

Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, CHE.

Nasser Semmo (N)

Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, CHE.

Lara F Diem (LF)

Department of Neurology, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, CHE.

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