First Case of Human Primary Vertebral Cystic Echinococcosis Due to Echinococcus Ortleppi.
Louise BasmaciyanBénédicte BurletSelim RamlaMathieu BlotSophie MahyMarie-Hélène Aubriot-LortonStéphane ValotMickael GrelatMarc SautourFrédéric GrenouilletJenny KnappLaurence MillonLionel PirothLaurent MartinFrederic DallePublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2018)
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a cosmopolitan parasitic zoonosis affecting more than one million people worldwide. In humans, primary bone CE is rare and involvement of E. ortleppi is very uncommon. We report here the first case of primary vertebral cystic echinococcosis due to E. ortleppi in Burgundy, France.