Echinococcal disease can present with giant abdominal cysts at very young age: A case report.

Echinococcus granulosus larvae can cause cystic echinococcosis (CE, also known as hydatid disease) in humans. The latent phase of hydatid disease lasts for years as a result of the slow growth of the cysts, which only become symptomatic when they are large. Therefore, CE is seldomly seen in very young children.

Endosonography of a Pulmonary Artery Obstruction in Echinococcosis.

A 44-year-old woman with a history of pulmonary embolism and abdominal echinococcosis complained of sudden thoracic pain and shortness of breath. A D-dimer of 77.5 mg/l (reference ≤0.

[Fever after visiting the tropics: always exclude malaria].

Malaria usually begins with nonspecific symptoms which could easily be ascribed to other common febrile illnesses and hence be missed. If left untreated, it can lead to severe complicated malaria and death. We describe a case of a 43-year-old male patient with fever who recently returned from West Africa.

[Treatment of recurrent furunculosis].

The management of recurrent furunculosis is difficult, and often disappointing. We present the case of a 23-year-old female patient suffering from recurrent furunculosis. The furunculosis persisted after treatment with mupirocin nasal ointment, chlorhexidine soap and instructions for washing clothes, towels and bed sheets for a period of 7 days.

Dengue in travellers: applicability of the 1975-1997 and the 2009 WHO classification system of dengue fever.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the applicability and benefits of the new WHO dengue fever guidelines in clinical practice, for returning travellers.

Methods: We compared differences in specificity and sensitivity between the old and the new guidelines for diagnosing dengue and assessed the usefulness in predicting the clinical course of the disease. Also, we investigated whether hypertension, diabetes or allergies, ethnicity or high age influenced the course of disease.