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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2000, p. 4679-4680, Vol. 38, No. 12
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Acute Echinococcosis: a Case Report

Gabriele Di Comite,1 Giuseppina Dognini,1 Giovanni Gaiera,2 Rossella Ieri,3 and Luisa Praderio1,*

Department of Internal Medicine II,1 Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine,2 and Department of Laboratory Medicine,3 IRCCS H. San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Received 17 May 2000/Returned for modification 21 June 2000/Accepted 7 September 2000

We report the case of a 69-year-old man with acute pulmonary echinococcosis. A computed tomographic scan of the thorax revealed the presence of multiple nodules in both lungs, and laboratory tests showed eosinophilia and the presence of antibodies against Echinococcus granulosus. Therapy with albendazole led to resolution of the pulmonary nodules and a normalization of the white cell count. To our knowledge this is the first described case of acute echinococcosis, as the diagnosis of this disease is usually delayed to chronic phases. Therefore, finding unexplained eosinophilia, especially in association with pulmonary nodules, should lead one to suspect acute hydatid disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Divisione di Medicina II---DIMER, IRCCS H. San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 48, 20132 Milano, Italy. Phone: 39 02 2643 2833 and 39 02 2643 2834. Fax: 39 02 2643 2916. E-mail: med2dim{at}hsr.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2000, p. 4679-4680, Vol. 38, No. 12
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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