Alveolar echinococcosis as a cause of vertebral osteomyelitis and soft tissue infection with recurrent cutaneous fistula formation

Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau; Kerstin Reiners; Ayla Yagdiran; Nicolaus Friedrichs; Julia Fischer; Gerd Fätkenheuer; Clara Lehmann; Norma Jung

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.10.041

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2022)

Alveolar echinococcosis as a cause of vertebral osteomyelitis and soft tissue infection with recurrent cutaneous fistula formation

Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau,
Kerstin Reiners,
Ayla Yagdiran,
Nicolaus Friedrichs,
Julia Fischer,
Gerd Fätkenheuer,
Clara Lehmann,
Norma Jung

Affiliations

Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Corresponding author: Kirsten Schmidt-Hellerau, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Subdivision for Infectious Diseases, Kerpener Strasse 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.
Kerstin Reiners: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany; Institute for Infection Control Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Ayla Yagdiran: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Cologne, Germany
Nicolaus Friedrichs: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Pathology, Cologne, Germany
Julia Fischer: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn–Cologne, Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Gerd Fätkenheuer: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn–Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Clara Lehmann: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn–Cologne, Cologne, Germany; University of Cologne, Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Norma Jung: University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, Department I of Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.10.041
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 114
pp. 31 – 33

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Echinococcus multilocularis is endemic in Germany. However, alveolar echinococcosis is a rare disease. Most commonly the parasite affects the liver, behaving like a malignant tumour. Bones are affected in less than 2% of cases. We report a case of vertebral osteomyelitis accompanied by recurrent cutaneous fistula formation.

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1201-9712 (Print); 1878-3511 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-infectious-diseases

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