echinococcosis

A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection of humans and domestic animals caused by the larval stages of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus in the liver, lungs, spleen, brain, heart and kidneys.

Medications that may treat it

albendazole

Also known as: Echinococcosis of liver; echinococcal disease; hepatic echinococcosis; hydatid disease; hydatidosis