Initial Risk Assessment in Patients with Alveolar Echinococcosis-Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a potentially lethal parasitosis with a broad spectrum of disease dynamics in affected patients. To guide clinical management, we assessed initial prognostic factors for both progressive and controlled AE based on initial staging. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted, examining 279 patients assigned to different clinical groups: cured, stable with and without the need for benzimidazole treatment, and progressive disease. Univariate analysis compared demographic and clinical variables. Significant variables were subsequently entered into two separate logistic regression models for progressive and controlled disease. Results: Based on the multivariate analysis, a large AE lesion (OR = 1.02 per millimetre in size;

SUBMITTER: Peters L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9144025 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature