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Edmundo Larrieu, Leonardo Uchiumi, Juan Carlos Salvitti, Mariano Sobrino, Oscar Panomarenko, Hebe Tissot, Carlos Hugo Mercapide, José Sustercic, Marcos Arezo, Guillermo Mujica, Eduardo Herrero, José Luis Labanchi, Claudia Grizmado, Daniel Araya, Gabriel Talmon, José María Galvan, Luis Sepulveda, Marcos Seleiman, Tamara Cornejo, Horacio Echenique, Mario Del Carpio, Epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cystic echinococcosis in asymptomatic carriers, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 113, Issue 2, February 2019, Pages 74–80, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try112
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Abstract
Río Negro Province is endemic for cystic echinococcosis (CE). A CE control program includes early diagnosis in humans. During 1980–1996, screening was done with serology and surgery was the unique choice of treatment. Since 1997, ultrasound (US) has been the method of choice for screening, and new choices of treatment for asymptomatic carriers are discussed in the CE guidelines.
Between 1997 and 2016, 42 734 abdominal USs were performed, 192 new asymptomatic cases were diagnosed and underwent a protocol according to the size, location and type of cyst. Treatment options included active surveillance (US monitoring, 83 [43.3%]), antiparasitic (albendazole, 92 [47.9%]) and surgery (17 [8.8%], including percutaneous treatment).
After 7.7 y of follow-up, of the cases under active surveillance, 28 (33.7%) had to change treatment: 5 (6%) to surgery and 22 (26.5%) to albendazole. Of the patients treated with albendazole, 3 (3.2%) were operated on and 13 (14%) were treated with a second cycle of albendazole.
As a result of the present study, resolution of CE in a non-surgical way with albendazole is confirmed to be effective in asymptomatic carriers with CE1 or CE3a cysts. An update eliminates the strategy of active surveillance in type CE1 cysts <3 cm and is replaced by treatment with antiparasitic in all asymptomatic cases with CE1 or CE3a cysts <10 cm. The update also limits follow-up to 12–18 months to evaluate those cases with non-response to antiparasitic and switch to a surgical option.
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