Keutgens, AuroreAuroreKeutgensSimoni, PaoloPaoloSimoniDetrembleur, NancyNancyDetrembleurFrippiat, FrédéricFrédéricFrippiatGiot, Jean-BaptisteJean-BaptisteGiotSpirlet, FrançoisFrançoisSpirletAghazarian, SaroSaroAghazarianDescy, JulieJulieDescyMeex, CécileCécileMeexHuynen, PascalePascaleHuynenMelin, PierrettePierretteMelinMüller, NorbertNorbertMüllerGottstein, BrunoBrunoGottstein0000-0003-0782-3723Carlier, YvesYvesCarlierHayette, Marie-PierreMarie-PierreHayette2025-01-082025-01-082013-02https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/196928For the last 10 years, the southern part of Belgium has been recognized as a low-risk area of endemicity for alveolar echinococcosis. This infection, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis, usually induces a severe liver condition and can sometimes spread to other organs. However, alveolar echinococcosis involving bones has been described only very rarely. Here, a fatal case of spondylodiscitis due to E. multilocularis contracted in southern Belgium is reported.en600 - Technology::630 - Agriculturearticle10.7892/boris.447232317526510.1128/JCM.01906-12