Cystic Echinococcosis/Hydatid Cyst Coinfection with HIV: A Report from Shiraz, Iran

Table 2

Comparison of cases of coinfection of CE with HIV.

	This study	Case 1 [9]	Case 2 [9]	Case 3 [9]	Case 4 [9]	Case 5 [13]	Case 6 [12]	Case 7 [10]
Location	Liver	Liver	Liver	Liver	Liver	Liver	Liver	Liver, kidney
Country	Iran	Australia	Australia	Australia	Australia	India	Spain	Romania
Age (year)	46	47	44	41	30	28	38	5
Sex	Female	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Male	Boy
Occupation	Housewife	Businessman	Unemployed	Farmer	Unemployed
ELISA-based HIV	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive	Positive
Serology for CE	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative	Negative	Positive	Positive	Positive
Symptoms	Abdominal pain, abdominal enlargement, anorexia	Abdominal pain, fever, jaundice, epigastric tenderness	Pain, jaundice	Abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, inguinal lymphadenopathy	Abdominal pain, tenderness	Abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly	Vomiting, cough, weight loss	Mild abdominal pain
Stage of cyst	CE2	CE2	CE2	CE3	CE2
CD4 T-Cell count (cells/ml)	377–333	36.6	473	290		375	198
Treatment for CE	Albendazole, refuse surgery	Pericystectomy, albendazole	Pericystectomy, albendazole	Pericystectomy, albendazole	Pericystectomy, albendazole	Laparoscopy, albendazole	Refuse surgery	Albendazole, PAIR^∗
Other disease							HCV+	Giardiasis

^∗PAIR: puncture-aspiration-injection-reaspiration.