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Case Reports
. 2014 Feb;52(2):692-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02843-13. Epub 2013 Dec 11.

Primary cerebral alveolar echinococcosis: mycology to the rescue

Anne Debourgogne  1 , François Goehringer, Gérald Umhang, Guillaume Gauchotte, Sandrine Hénard, Franck Boué, Thierry May, Marie Machouart
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Primary cerebral alveolar echinococcosis: mycology to the rescue

Anne Debourgogne et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

A case of primary cerebral alveolar echinococcosis with a favorable outcome is reported. A universal fungal PCR enabled this diagnosis, while the initial serological analysis remained noncontributive.

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FIG 1
Radiological documentation. (A) Brain MRI at the time of diagnosis. (B) Brain CT scan after 9 months of albendazole treatment.
FIG 2
FIG 2
Histopathological examination (magnification, ×100) of brain biopsy sample: the laminated layer (arrows), positive by periodic acid-Shiff staining, without the germinative layer is shown.
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FIG 3
Band profile obtained by Western blot analysis.
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