First Report of Echinococcus ortleppi in Human Cases of Cystic Echinococcosis in Poland

Table 1

The description of cystic echinococcosis cases isolated from female patients in Poland. Abbreviations: USG – ultrasonography, CT – computed tomography scan, MRI – magnetic resonance imaging, ELISA – enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Patient’s age in years	City/district of patient	Location, number and type of cyst	Diagnosis data	Strain identification by sequencing
56	Warsaw (central Poland)	Liver single cyst (ø 7 cm), type CE3, treated with albendazole	USG	E. canadensis
38	Baranowo (central Poland)	Liver single cyst (ø 12 cm), type CE4, not treated pharmacologically	USG, Western blot positive for E. granulosus, ELISA negative	E. ortleppi
42	Niegowiec (central Poland)	Liver 2 cysts (ø 8 and 3 cm), type CE3, treated with albendazole	CT	E. canadensis
42	Zaolszynie (east Poland)	Liver 7 cysts (ø 8, 6, 4 (4 cysts) and 3 cm), type CE3 and CE4, treated with albendazole	MRI, USG	E. canadensis
30	Wrzelów (southeast Poland)	Liver 2 cysts (ø 5 and 4 cm), type CE4, lung single cyst (ø 4 cm), type CE3, treated with albendazole	CT, USG, serological test positive for E. granulosus and E. multilocularis	E. canadensis
38	Czarnowiec (central Poland)	Liver single cyst (ø 10 cm), type CE4, not treated pharmacologically	USG	E. canadensis