[Effect of combined pentoxifylline and albendazole against echinococcus multilocularis infection in mice].

Objective: To observe the effect of pentoxifylline (PTX), albendazole (ABZ), and a combination of PTX and ABZ in mice infected with Echinococcus multilocularis (E.M).

Methods: The first part of the experiment was to observe the in vitro effect of PTX on the cultured E.