First case of Echinococcus vogeli infection imported to the Netherlands, January 2013

C Stijnis; A Bart; L Brosens; T Van Gool; M Grobusch; T van Gulik; J Roelfsema; P van Thiel

doi:10.2807/ese.18.15.20448-en

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First case of Echinococcus vogeli infection imported to the Netherlands, January 2013

C Stijnis¹, A Bart², L Brosens³, T Van Gool², M Grobusch¹, T van Gulik⁴, J Roelfsema⁵, P van Thiel¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Center for Tropical and Travel Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ² Department of Medical Microbiology, Section Parasitology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ³ Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ⁴ Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands ⁵ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Stijnis C, Bart A, Brosens L, Van Gool T, Grobusch M, van Gulik T, Roelfsema J, van Thiel P. First case of Echinococcus vogeli infection imported to the Netherlands, January 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(15):pii=20448. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.18.15.20448-en Received: 28 Mar 2013

Abstract

In January 2013 in the Netherlands, a man in his 50s from Suriname underwent hemihepatectomy because of a cystic liver mass, assumed to be a cystadenoma. Pathology revealed an echinococcal infection. PCR analysis of cyst material identified Echinococcus vogeli, causing polycystic hydatid disease. This echinococcus species is rarely diagnosed outside South America. The patient received adequate treatment, but this case emphasises the importance of awareness of this infection when treating patients with cystic tumours from endemic areas.