Complete heart block caused by cardiac echinococcosis and successfully treated with albendazole.

Complete heart block caused by cardiac echinococcosis and successfully treated with albendazole.

A 40 year old man who had hydatid cysts in his liver and right kidney was found to have complete heart block during preoperative evaluation and was referred to our clinic. Blood pressure was 120/80 mm Hg and the heart rate was 40/min and regular. The physical examination was normal except for hepatomegaly which reached almost 15 cm at the midclavicular line. The electrocardiogram showed complet...

Multiple Echinococcosis with an unusual location in the spermatic cord treated successfully by Albendazole: A case report

Hyperkalemia-induced complete heart block

Background: Potassium, as an extracellular ion, plays an important role in the electrophysiologic function of the myocardium and any change in extracellular concentration of this ion might have a marked impression upon myocyte electrophysiologic gain. High serum potassium levels are thought to impair pulse conduction in Purkinje fibers and ventricles more than that in the Atrio...

Abdominal Cystic Echinococcosis Treated with Albendazole. A Pediatric Cohort Study

INTRODUCTION Cystic echinococcosis is endemic in Argentina. The standard pharmacological treatment for the disease is albendazole, but surgery is a common alternative. Even though primary infection occurs mainly in the pediatric population, the optimal therapeutic option in pediatrics is not clearly defined and few pediatric cohorts with cystic echinococcosis treated with albendazole have been ...

Endocarditis caused by Rhodotorula successfully treated with 5-fluorocytosine.

A 7-year-old boy suffering from aortic regurgitation and mitral stenosis and regurgitation was admitted with endocarditis caused by Rhodotorula pilimanae and was treated successfully with orally administered antifungal agent, namely 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC). A dose of 100 mg per kg body weight, divided into four equal parts, was prescribed. After a prolonged febrile period his temperature droppe...