University of Bern, Switzerland. Sequence data from a PCRgenerated
fragment of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene (1),
and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of
PCR-generated fragments from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA
and NADH dehydrogenase 1 genes (2) confirmed the identity
of the metacestode as E. multilocularis. The final diagnosis was
hepatic alveolar echinococcosis.