Medical treatment of cystic echinococcosis: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Virginia Velasco-TiradoMontserrat Alonso-SardónAmparo Lopez-BernusÁngela Romero-AlegríaFrancisco Javier BurguilloAntonio MuroAdela Carpio-PérezJuan Luis Muñoz BellidoJavier Pardo-LlediasMiguel CorderoMoncef Belhassen-GarcíaPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
Treatment outcomes are better when surgery or PAIR (Puncture, Aspiration, Injection of protoscolicidal agent and Reaspiration) is combined with benzimidazole drugs given pre- and/or post-operation. Albendazole chemotherapy was found to be the primary pharmacological treatment to consider in the medical management of CE. Nevertheless, combined treatment with albendazole plus praziquantel resulted in higher scolicidal and anti-cyst activity and was more likely to result in cure or improvement relative to albendazole alone.