Immunochemical and molecular characterization of vertebral hydatid fluid

F Bruschi; E Ortona; S Ioppolo; A Siracusano; M Bonadio

doi:10.1080/00365549950163680

Immunochemical and molecular characterization of vertebral hydatid fluid

Scand J Infect Dis. 1999;31(3):322-3. doi: 10.1080/00365549950163680.

Authors

F Bruschi¹, E Ortona, S Ioppolo, A Siracusano, M Bonadio

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Biotecnologie Mediche, Infettivologia ed Epidemiologia, Università di Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 10482068
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163680

Abstract

This study describes a 42-year-old male born in Tunisia, who presented with vertebral hydatidosis which was initially misdiagnosed as Pott's disease. The correct diagnosis was finally made utilizing CT and MRI imaging and confirmation of the diagnosis was made possible by molecular and immunochemical characterization of the content of vertebral cyst fluid.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Echinococcosis / parasitology*
Echinococcus / genetics
Echinococcus / immunology
Echinococcus / isolation & purification*
Humans
Immunoblotting
Lumbar Vertebrae*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Diseases / parasitology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed