Hydatid disease

Hydatid disease, alveolar: A parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of a microscopic tapeworm called Echinococcus multilocularis. See: Alveolar hydatid disease.
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Tapeworm - name for the parasitic flatworms forming the class Cestoda. All tapeworms spend the adult phase of their lives as parasites in the gut of a vertebrate animal which may be vertebrates or arthropods. ...
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Alternate Names
: Hydatid Disease, Hydatid Cyst Disease, Hydatidosis
Definition
Echinoccocus is a tissue infection caused by the Echinococcus granulosus worm.
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Hydatidosis; Hydatid disease, Hydatid cyst disease
Treatment:
Many patients can be successfully treated with albendazole or mebendazole, which must often be used in long courses of up to three months.
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Echinococcosis (Hydatid disease) refers to human infection by the immature (larval) form of tapeworm, Echinococcus. One of three forms of the Echinococcus spp., E.
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Schistosomiasis (flukes), Hydatid disease (a type of tapeworm), Ancylostomiasis (Hookworm)... the list is long and the damage enormous.
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