Disseminated Echinococcus multilocularis Infection without Liver Involvement in Child, Canada, 2018.

ABSTRACT: An immunocompetent child in Canada received a diagnosis of disseminated alveolar Echinococcus multilocularis infection. The case lacked typical features of liver involvement and was possibly related to a rare congenital portosystemic shunt. We summarize the rapidly evolving epidemiology of E. multilocularis parasites in Canada.

SUBMITTER: Joyce J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7392456 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature