Disseminated alveolar echinococcosis in a patient diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: A case report

BackgroundAlveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a parasitic zoonosis with high mortality and disability rates. Diverse clinical manifestations and mimicking of differential diagnoses such as tuberculosis and malignancy pose a diagnostic dilemma. With the rapid development of molecular diagnostic technique...

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Main Authors: Junyan Qu, Huan Xu, Xiaoju Lv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.972619/full