Clinical Study
Cystic Echinococcosis in a Single Tertiary Care Center in Rome, Italy
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients included in the study.
| | Origin | Patients | HIV | TB | Age (y) | Gender | Previous treatment
(medical or surgical) | Treatment at INMI
(medical or surgical) |
| | | (%) | HIV-
(%) | HIV unknown
(%) | Active TB
(%) | Past TB
(%) | Radiological signs of probable past TB
(%)* | Median (IQR) | F
(%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Italy | 18 (64.3) | 3 (16.7) | 15 (83.3) | 1 (5.5) | — | 1 (5.5) | 55.5 (41.5–72) | 10 (55.6) | 3 (16.7) | 14 (77.8) | | Central | 9 (50) | 1 (33.3) | 8 (53.3) | — | — | 1 (100) | — | 4 (40) | — | 8 (57.1) | | Southern | 3 (16.7) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (13.4) | 1 (100) | — | | — | 3 (30) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (7.2) | | Islands | 6 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 5 (33.3) | — | — | | — | 3 (30) | 2 (66.7) | 5 (35.7) | | Eastern Europe | 7 (25) | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | — | — | | 28 (19–39) | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.8) | 5 (71.4) | | Romania | 4 (57.1) | 1 (100) | 3 (50) | — | — | | — | 2 (50) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (60) | | Other | 3 (42.9) | — | 3 (50) | — | — | | — | 2 (50) | 2 (66.7) | 2 (40) | | Asia | 1 (3.6) | 1 (100) | — | — | 1 (100) | | 49 | — | — | — | | Africa | 2 (7.1) | — | 2 (100) | — | — | 1 (50) | 43.5 (43-44) | 2 (100) | 1 (50) | 2 (100) |
| | Total | 28 (100) | 5 (17.9) | 23 (82.1) | 1 (3.6) | 1 (3.6) | 2 (8.3) | 45 (38.5–66.5) | 16 (57.1) | 7 (25) | 21 (75) |
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: number; TB: tuberculosis; IQR: interquartile range; F: female; y: year. *radiological signs of “probable past TB” evaluated in 24 patients.
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