Accelerated Course of Alveolar Echinococcosis After Treatment With Steroids in a Patient With Autoimmune Encephalitis

Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic infection caused by the fox tapeworm Echinococcus ​​​​​​multilocularis. We report the case of a patient who developed an accelerated course of AE with diffuse liver involvement after high-dose steroid treatment for autoimmune encephalitis. Immunosuppr...

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Autores principales: Diem, Stefan, Gottstein, Bruno, Beldi, Guido, Semmo, Nasser, Diem, Lara F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8596569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34820209
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18831

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8596569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34820209
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18831

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