Outcome after Discontinuing Long-Term Benzimidazole Treatment in 11 Patients with Non-resectable Alveolar Echinococcosis with Negative FDG-PET/CT and Anti-EmII/3-10 Serology.

• Hoofdauteurs: Rudolf W Ammann (Auteur), Katrin D M Stumpe (Auteur), Felix Grimm (Auteur), Peter Deplazes (Auteur), Sabine Huber (Auteur), Kaja Bertogg (Auteur), Dorothee R Fischer (Auteur), Beat Müllhaupt (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND/AIMS:Benzimidazoles are efficacious for treating non-resectable alveolar echinococcosis (AE), but their long-term parasitocidal (curative) effect is disputed. In this study, we prospectively analyzed the potential parasitocidal effect of benzimidazoles and whether normalization of FDG-PET...