TY - JOUR T1 - Executive Summary of the Consensus Statement of 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), on the Management of Cystic Echinococcosis JO - Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (English Edition) T2 - AU - Belhassen-Garcia,Moncef AU - Balboa Arregui,Óscar AU - Calabuig-Muñoz,Eva AU - Carmena,David AU - Esteban Velasco,Maria del Carmen AU - Fuentes Gago,Marta AU - Fumado Pérez,Victoria AU - García Alonso,Jesús AU - García López Hortelano,Milagros AU - González Fernández,Luis Miguel AU - Herrero Martínez,Juan María AU - Iglesias Iglesias,Manuel José AU - Jiménez López,Marcelo AU - López-Vélez,Rogelio AU - Muñoz-Bellvis,Luis AU - Muro,Antonio AU - Pardo-Lledías,Javier AU - Peñaranda-Vera,Maria AU - Perteguer-Prieto,Maria Jesús AU - Picado,Albert AU - Quiñones Sampedro,Jose Edecio AU - Rodríguez-Guardado,Azucena AU - Royo Crespo,Íñigo AU - Salvador,Fernando AU - Sánchez-Montalvá,Adrian AU - Torrús Tendero,Diego AU - Velasco Pelayo,Luis SN - 2529993X M3 - 10.1016/j.eimce.2019.10.007 DO - 10.1016/j.eimce.2019.10.007 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-enfermedades-infecciosas-microbiologia-clinica-english-428-articulo-executive-summary-consensus-statement-spanish-S2529993X20301039 AB - 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. ER -