Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data with super-infection hydatid cyst patients
| Variable | |
|---|---|
| Patients (n) | 37.0 |
| Age (mean ± SD; years) | 55.4 ± 18.1 |
| Male (%) | 62.2 |
| Clinical setting (%) | |
| Fever | 75.7 |
| Pain | 64.9 |
| General syndrome | 27.0 |
| Leukocites count (mean ± SD; cells/mL) | 1,2167.0 ± 9010.0 |
| Eosinophil count (mean ± SD; cells/mL) | 400.7 ± 565.9 |
| Eosinophilia (%) | 30.6 |
| Positive serological echinococcus (%) | 75.6 |
| Location of cyst echinococcus super-infected (%) | |
| Liver | 64.9 |
| Lung | 29.7 |
| Other | 5.4 |
| Average size (mean ± SD; cm) | 10 ± 5.8 |
| WHO classification (%)* | |
| I | – |
| II | 55.5 |
| III | 11.1 |
| IV | 11.1 |
| V | 22.2 |
*
WHO International classification of ultrasound images in cystic echinococcosis.15