Human Alveolar Echinococcosis, Croatia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Feb;26(2):364-366. doi: 10.3201/eid2602.181826.

Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm larval stage of Echinococcus multilocularis. This zoonotic disease has not been known to occur in Croatia. We report a confirmed case of human alveolar echinococcosis in a patient in Croatia who had never visited a known E. multilocularis-endemic area.

Keywords: Croatia; Echinococcus multilocularis; echinococcosis; emerging diseases; human; parasites; parasitic diseases; tapeworms; zoonoses; zoonotic diseases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Croatia
  • Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis / drug therapy
  • Echinococcus multilocularis / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Larva
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Zoonoses

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Albendazole

Supplementary concepts

  • Alveolar echinococcosis