Comprehensive Survival Analysis of Alveolar Echinococcosis Patients, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022

Comprehensive Survival Analysis of Alveolar Echinococcosis Patients, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 1973–2022

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a zoonotic disease of increasing concern worldwide. Before benzimidazole drug therapy, 10-year death rates were 90% without surgical resection. In unresectable patients, long-term benzimidazole therapy is highly effective in stabilizing the disease course. We perform...

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Main Authors: Ansgar Deibel, Yanick Kindler, Rubens Mita, Soleen Ghafoor, Cordula Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Barbara Brunner-Geissmann, Alexander Schweiger, Felix Grimm, Michael Reinehr, Achim Weber, Cäcilia S. Reiner, Andreas E. Kremer, Henrik Petrowsky, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Peter Deplazes, Stefanie von Felten, Beat Müllhaupt
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Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Alveolar echinococcosis
Echinococcus multilocularis
survival
relative survival
mortality
surgery
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/5/24-1608_article
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