Cystic Echinococcosis in the Mersin Province (119 Cases)

Aksu, Müzeyyen; Sevimli, Feride Kırcalı; İbiloğlu, İbrahim; Arpacı, Rabia Bozdoğan

doi:10.5152/tpd.2013.3193

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“…In our analysis, CE patients were observed to reach a peak in the age group of 41–50 years. It was in agreement with the result in Turkey, where most of the cases appeared in 41–50 (22.68%) years [ 9 ]. A similar result has been reported in Tunisia that most of the CE cases were aged 30–44 years, followed by the second age-group ranging from 45–59 years [ 2 ].…”

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“…The phenomenon may be related to the fact that adult females expose to the E. granulosus -infected dogs and the contaminated environment more frequently than adult males due to home activities, such as feeding dogs and milking livestock. However, analyses of surgical cases of human CE in Kyrgystan and Turkey drew an opposite conclusion, and Torgerson et al pointed out that men were more likely to seek treatment once clinical signs presented based on the fact of no gender bias in CE cases detected in the ultrasound study [ 9 , 13 ]. In Jordan, males younger than 15 years of age showed significantly higher surgical incidence of CE cases than females of comparable age; whereas the number of female cases of different age groups over 15 years of age was consistently higher than that of males [ 12 ].…”

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Human cystic echinococcosis in Heilongjiang Province, China: a retrospective study

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BackgroundCystic echinococcosis (CE) is one of emerging zoonotic parasitic diseases throughout the world, having significant medical and economic importance in developing countries. The western and northwestern China is considered as CE endemic areas. In northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province, the increasing number of sporadic human CE cases has attracted more and more attention. The aims of the present study were to understand the clinical characteristics of human CE in the investigated area and to compare the coincidence rates of CT, ultrasound and serological test against the histopathology results among CE patients.MethodsHospital data of 183 human CE cases in the period from January 2004 to July 2013 were collected from the two largest hospitals in Heilongjiang Province. Clinical data were analyzed, including age, gender, occupation and living residence of CE patients and localization, size and number of CE cysts as well as the diagnosis methods of CE before operation.ResultsThe results revealed that the incidence of CE reached a peak in the age group of 41–50 years. Among the 183 CE patients, the females were observed to have a higher percentage of CE patients (60.66%, 111/183) than males (39.34%, 72/183). The majority of CE patients were farmers, followed by workers, employees, public servants, students and so on. CE cysts were most commonly found in the livers, with a 30 cm cyst in diameter being detected. CT showed the highest coincidence rate (96.64%) for hepatic CE among the three common diagnosis methods (CT, ultrasound imagine and serological test) compared against the histopathology results.ConclusionsThis is the first retrospective analysis of human CE cases in Heilongjiang Province in recent ten years. Clinical characteristics of human CE were described here. CT appeared to be the most effective diagnosis method for hepatic CE.

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Human cystic echinococcosis in Heilongjiang Province, China: a retrospective study

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“…In this study, 97.5% (470/482) of the CE patients had liver involvement. In similar studies performed, liver involvement was detected at high rates (21)(22)(23)(24)(25). Cystic echinococcosis can be seen more frequently in areas where agriculture and animal husbandry are intensively performed, where effective control measures are not taken adequately and where there is insufficient awareness of risk factors (26,27).…”

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Evaluation of Cystic Echinococcosis Cases in terms of Sociodemographic, Clinical and Hospitalization Features in Karaman Province, Turkey

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Adıgüzel

2020

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Background: We aimed to investigate the cystic echinococcosis (CE) epidemiology in Karaman Province from 2010 to 2017 using data from the provincial state hospital. Methods: Overall, 482 cases were determined from Karaman State Hospital, Karaman Province, Turkey from 2010 to 2017. Records were investigated in terms of year, gender, age, cyst location, rural and urban households and duration of hospital stay. Results: The CE incidence was 22.40 per 100 000 people after final diagnosis with focused abdominal ultrasound. Totally, 482 people including 166 (34.4%) male and 316 (65.6%) female were with CE. The mean age of patients was 50.3±17.48 yr. More CE cases were reported in the age group of 51-60 yr than in the other age groups. CE was mostly seen in liver (470, 97.5%). Moreover, 28.4% of patients were resided in rural areas. The observed frequencies of demographic features of female gender, infected liver, residence in provincial centers, referral to general surgery policlinic and no hospitalization were significantly higher than expected frequencies (P<0.05). Sixty (12.4%) patients with CE had been hospitalized. There was a statistically significant positive relationship between age of hospitalized patients and duration of hospitalization (P<0.05). Of the patients 73.2% were admitted to general surgery. Conclusion: CE is of great importance to public health considerations in the Karaman Province and we advocate the implementation of eradication programs to decrease the CE cases number.

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“…The data about the prevalence of CE for people in our country are generally the ones obtained from hospital records with the help of seroepidemiologic studies (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). There has been only one study conducted on humans in Karson on the prevalence of CE, and its serological prevalence was reported to be 34.6% (19).…”

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The Situation of Cystic Echinococcoses in Kars State Hospital for The Last Five Years

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Anuk³

2015

TurkiyeParazitolDerg

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Objective: This study was conducted to contribute to the information regarding the spread of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in our country and to reveal its importance in our region by determining the spread of CE in people. Methods: CE cases, which were detected by retrospectively reviewing the records at Kars State Hospital in Kars between 2009 and 2013, were evaluated in terms of age group, gender, and organ involvement. For features, descriptive statistics were stated in numbers and percentages. Results: According to the obtained results, in total, 168 CE cases were specified. While female patients constitute 101 cases (60.1%), male patients constitute the remaining (39.9%). Their distribution was specified between the ages of 3 and 79 years, and it was ascertained that the cases were mostly between the age groups of 16 and 30 years at the rate of 26.8%. The second most frequent age group was between 31 and 45 years at the rate of 25.6%. CE was mostly seen in the lung (49.4%) and liver (44.6%). Additionally, 10 patients with CE in both the lung and liver were ascertained. Conclusion: It is seen that CE is an important public health problem in Kars. Extensive protection and control programs should be implemented against this disease. (

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Cystic Echinococcosis in the Mersin Province (119 Cases)

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Human cystic echinococcosis in Heilongjiang Province, China: a retrospective study

Human cystic echinococcosis in Heilongjiang Province, China: a retrospective study

Evaluation of Cystic Echinococcosis Cases in terms of Sociodemographic, Clinical and Hospitalization Features in Karaman Province, Turkey

The Situation of Cystic Echinococcoses in Kars State Hospital for The Last Five Years

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