Comment on "Usefulness of the FDG PET/CT in the management of cystic echinococcosis: A pilot study"

Affiliations

¹ Departiment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; WHO-Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: tommaso.manciulli01@ateneopv.it.
² Department Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.
³ WHO-Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine III, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
⁵ WHO-Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Unit of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

Comment

T Manciulli et al. Acta Trop. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb:238:106775.

doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106775. Epub 2022 Nov 30.

¹ Departiment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; WHO-Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: tommaso.manciulli01@ateneopv.it.
² Department Infectious-Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.
³ WHO-Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine III, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
⁵ WHO-Collaborating Center for the Clinical Management of Cystic Echinococcosis, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Unit of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Matteo Hospital Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Alveolar echinococcosis; Clinical management; Cyst viability; Cystic echinococcosis; PET-CT.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare no conflict of interest.

Usefulness of the FDG PET/CT in the management of cystic echinococcosis: A pilot study.
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