Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Midorigaoka Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa, 078-8510 Hokkaido, Japan.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct;47(10):3191-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01111-09. Epub 2009 Aug 5.
Two cases of alveolar echinococcosis (AE) with multiple-organ involvement (the liver, lungs, and bone) were monitored by imaging and serology for 20 years. Resection of the bone lesion was complete in one case but incomplete in the other case. Albendazole treatment was markedly to moderately effective against hepatic and pulmonary AE lesions in both cases, whereas it had almost no effect against the bone lesion in one case. The results of the serological tests with recombinant Em18 antigen coincided with the clinical findings in each case. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses, especially IgG4 responses, is expected to be a real-time indicator of the dynamics of active AE.
两例细粒棘球蚴病(AE)伴多器官受累(肝脏、肺部和骨骼),通过影像学和血清学监测 20 年。1 例骨病变完全切除,另 1 例不完全切除。阿苯达唑治疗对两例肝、肺 AE 病变均有明显至中度疗效,而对 1 例骨病变几乎无效。重组 Em18 抗原血清学检测结果与各病例的临床发现相符。酶联免疫吸附试验(ELISA)检测 IgG 反应,特别是 IgG4 反应,有望成为 AE 活动的实时指标。