FLOCCULATION TESTS IN HYDATID DISEASE

Flocculation tests in hydatid disease.

A new serological technique of diagnosing human hydatid disease, employing polystyrene latex particles coated with hydatid cyst fluid, and a modified technique using bentonite particles are described. Comparison of the latex test with the complement-fixation test performed on 102 sera has shown a total agreement of 98% and an agreement of 93.1% in the positive specimens. The bentonite test and ...

Hydatid Disease

Hydatid Disease in Kathiawar

Hydatid disease prevails most extensively in Iceland and Australia where man is brought into close contact with tlie dogs. In those countries the dogs are used for herding sheep, in which the larval form of the Taenia echinococcus is most frequently found. In Europe it is not uncommon. In the United States of America it is very rare. No mention of India is made in any of the books. In the last ...

Hydatid Disease

The ingestion of the ovum of 'the dog tapeworm results in the development in man of the larval stages of the parasite. The presence of this parasite in one or more of the organs of the body is responsible for a variety of signs and symptoms making up the clinical picture of echinococcosis or hydatid disease. Normally the dog tapeworm has for its intermediate host an herbivorous mammal, commonly...

Albendazole in hydatid disease.

Valproic acid, or dipropylacetic acid, and its salt, sodium valproate, are used to treat a wide variety of seizure disorders. Until recently there was no convincing evidence demonstrating a teratogenic effect in humans. However, the association between other anticonvulsant drugs and congenital malformations has been recognized for more than a decade,I,2 and this, together witfI tbe lack of conv...