Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
13. WSPID(world Society Pediatric İnfect Diseases 2023, Durban, Güney Afrika, 14 - 17 Kasım 2023, ss.170
PD042 / #402
E-POSTER DISCUSSIONS 05: PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
16-11-2023 12:45 - 14:00
CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS(CE) IN CHILDREN; REVIEW OF OWN CASES, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
FINDINGS IN TURKEY AND IN THE WORLD
Nihal Dogan
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Microbiology/parasitology, Eskisehir, Turkey
Background: Echinococcosis (CE), also known as hydatid disease, is caused by the larvae of
Echinococcus granulosus in dogs and intermediate hosts that pass through the drink.
Aims: In recent years a significant sequence of the ages of the children they live with and come from is
being seen. Here we review the 12-year CE results of paediatric patients of our hospital in Turkey
together with seroepidemiological investigations from here onwards.
Methods: The test results of paediatric patients who underwent CE serology tests in the Microbiology
laboratory of ESOGU Hospital between 2010 and 2023 were analysed according to year, age, gender
and sociodemographic characteristics. Various databases were searched with appropriate keywords and
Turkish and prospective paediatric CE content reviews were reviewed. In order to distinguish the
differences in epidemiological sections, the last year and previous studies were evaluated together.
Results: Of the positive cases, 59 per cent were male and the mean age was 137 years. 58 per cent of
the children were from rural areas and 46 per cent had livestock. According to the place of residence,
42% of the positive cases had screening, 32% had disseminated, 24% had both regions and 2% had
other organ involvement. Turkey shows our data together with our results. Incidence has been observed
in many parts of Europe and North America with control programmes implemented for many years.
However, in the Asian plateaus and rural Africa, CE continues to increase rapidly from within.
Conclusions: Childhood CE is increasing in our country and in certain parts of the world.