Özet:

Cystic echinococcus (KE) is a zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus from the sestod class. Our study aims to reverse the results of the KE Indirect Hemaglutination Test (IHA) for patients sent serum samples to our laboratory between January 2020 and December 2021. Methods: A commercial kit (Hydatidose, Fumouze laboratories, France) is used for the diagnosis of KE in our laboratory. In our study, the demographic information of patients, clinical findings, serology and radiology results were evaluated together. Results: In 14.12% of patients, antibodies were found at 1/320 or above. In the indirect hemaglutination test, 73 of the 75 patients who were positively identified cysts were diagnosed in radiology, and 58 cysts were identified with specific findings of KE. Seropositivity was higher in men (14.81) than in women (13.65) The highest positive percentage is in the age group of 20-29. Most cysts are located in the liver (87.67%) and multiple organ cysts have been detected in seven patients. In IHA, cysts were detected in radiology in 36 of 43 patients with antibodies thyroid 1/80-1/160 and 28 of these cysts were specific to KE. The result: The seropositivity percentage found in our study was in accordance with the results from other centers in our country. The presence of cysts compatible with KE in the radiological images of patients with antibodies titres below the marginal value suggests that the data of these values in the result report will be useful in the diagnosis and tracking of patients.

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