Disseminated peritoneal cystic Echinococcosis in a patient with HIV: case report

Ruíz-Pérez P.J.; Huayapa-Avendaño M.J.; Gómez Leyva K.B.; Rivera-Jacinto M.A. · Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica (2023) · DOI: 10.17843/rpmesp.2023.402.12479

Resumen

Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the larva of Echinococcus granulosus, which is capable of invading several organs starting from the human intestine. There are several complications in cases of co-infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which are conditioned by the immunosuppressive disease and have poor prognosis. This report aims to describe a case of multi-cystic peritoneal echinococcosis in a patient under antiviral treatment for HIV for almost ten years, who recei-ved albendazole, underwent surgery and progressed favorably. This would be the first Peruvian report of a person with HIV and cystic echinococcosis.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca