Moncef Belhassen-Garcia, Óscar Balboa Arregui, Eva Calabuig-Muñoz, David Carmena, Maria del Carmen Esteban Velasco, Marta Fuentes Gago, Victoria Fumado Pérez, Jesús García Alonso, Milagros García López Hortelano, Luis Miguel González Fernández, Juan María Herrero Martínez, Manuel José Iglesias Iglesias, Marcelo Jiménez López, Rogelio López-Vélez, Luis Muñoz-Bellvis, Antonio Muro, Javier Pardo-Lledías, Maria Peñaranda-Vera, Maria Jesús Perteguer-Prieto, Albert Picado, Jose Edecio Quiñones Sampedro, Azucena Rodríguez-Guardado, Íñigo Royo Crespo, Fernando Salvador, Adrian Sánchez-Montalvá, Diego Torrús Tendero, and Luis Velasco Pelayo
The Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC), the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health (SEMTSI), the Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC), the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR), the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT), the Spanish Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (SERVEI), and the Spanish Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (SEIP) considered it pertinent to issue a consensus statement on the management of cystic echinococcosis (CE) to guide healthcare professionals in the care of patients with CE. Specialists from several fields (clinicians, surgeons, radiologists, microbiologists, and parasitologists) identified the most clinically relevant questions and developed this Consensus Statement, evaluating the available evidence-based data to propose a series of recommendations on the management of this disease. This Consensus Statement is accompanied by the corresponding references on which these recommendations are based. Prior to publication, the manuscript was open for comments and suggestions from the members of the SEIMC and the scientific committees and boards of the various societies involved. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.