Primary cerebral alveolar echinococcosis: mycology to the rescue

Anne Debourgogne; François Goehringer; Gérald Umhang; Guillaume Gauchotte; Sandrine Hénard; Franck Boué; Thierry May; Marie Machouart

doi:10.1128/JCM.02843-13

Primary cerebral alveolar echinococcosis: mycology to the rescue

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

Authors

Anne Debourgogne¹, François Goehringer, Gérald Umhang, Guillaume Gauchotte, Sandrine Hénard, Franck Boué, Thierry May, Marie Machouart

Affiliation

¹ Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Nancy, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France.

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology
Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
Brain Diseases / parasitology
Echinococcosis
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnosis*
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / parasitology
Histocytochemistry
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Microscopy
Middle Aged
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods*
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Supplementary concepts

Alveolar echinococcosis