Table 6 |
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Therapy of patients with hydatid disease |
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Pulmonary |
Hepatic |
Other |
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Therapy |
Definite/probable N = 9 |
Possible N = 2 |
Definite/probable N = 11 |
Possible N= 16 |
Cardiac (definite) N = 1 |
Kidney or spleen (probable/possible) N = 3 |
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Medical only* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Surgical resection only |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1** |
0 |
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Medical therapy and surgical resection |
5 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Aspiration of cyst only |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Aspiration of cyst and medical treatment |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Observation only |
1 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
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* mebendazole or albendazole **echinococcal cyst was resected from left ventricle |
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Somily et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2005 5:34 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-5-34 |
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