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. 2010 Mar;82(3):376-8.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0375.

Primary super-infection of hydatid cyst--clinical setting and microbiology in 37 cases

Moncef Belhassen García  1 , Javier Pardo Lledías, Inmaculada Galindo Pérez, Virginia Velasco Tirado, Lucia Fuentes Pardo, Luis Muñoz Bellvís, Gonzalo Varela, Miguel Cordero Sánchez
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Primary super-infection of hydatid cyst--clinical setting and microbiology in 37 cases

Moncef Belhassen García et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar.

Abstract

The clinical and microbiological characteristics of super-infected hydatid cysts are described. In our cohort, 7.3% of 503 patients had a super-infected cyst. Four patients developed severe sepsis, and two of them died. Escherichia coli, viridans group streptococci, and Enterococcus species in liver cysts and Aspergillus fumigatus in lung cysts were the microorganisms most frequent involved.

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