RT Book, Section
A1 Langston, Shannon M.
A1 Bales, Brian D.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1177130344
T1 Hydatid Cyst
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1177130344
RD 2021/04/15
AB Hydatid  cysts  are  formed  by  the  larval  stage  of  Echinococcus  granulosus  tapeworms.  The  life  cycle  is  maintained  between  canines  and  various  farm  animals  (usually  sheep  or  cattle).  Adult  worms  inhabit  the  canine  small  intestine,  and  eggs  are  passed  in  the  stool.  Farm  animals  become  infected  when  they  feed  upon  stool-contaminated  material.  The  life  cycle  is  completed  when  dogs  or  other  canines  ingest  larval  cysts  formed  in  infected  farm  animals.  Humans  are  infected  from  inadvertent  ingestion  of  canine  fecal  material  and  are  considered  accidental  hosts.