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Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease caused by the accidental entrance of a tapeworm named Echinococcus granulosus into the human body. This parasitic disease can be emerged in various forms in humans. The present article reports a rare case of abdominal wall hydatid cyst followed by liver hydatid cyst surgery.
Patient Description: The patient is a 40 years old woman inhabiting in rural area who had a background of liver hydatid cyst surgery three years ago. The patient was referred with abdominal pain in RUQ region and abdominal wall mass. CT scan and sonography were performed and the recurrent hydatid cyst of liver and a new abdominal wall cyst were diagnosed in previous surgical incision.
Hydatid cyst can primarily infect every organ of the body and there is a recurrence risk in all the areas where infection is caused by the parasite for all the patients having surgery for hydatid cyst treatment. In this regard, the prevention of this parasitic infection in abdominal wall and cavity may inhibit the accession of such complication.

Shallots are important part of the diet for many people and there is long-held belief in their health enhancing properties. The aim of this study was to determine antifungal activity of shallot against reference fungal strains.

Alcoholic and aqueous extracts of shallot (Allium hirtifolium) were tested for in vitro antifungal activities against Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium gryseogenum, Alternaria, Microsporum canis and Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined using broth macrodilution method. The effects of shallot extracts were also compared with those of miconazole.

Allium hirtifolium showed antifungal activity against all the fungi species tested with MIC values ranging from 0.058 to 0.8 mg/ml for alcoholic extract and 0.26 to 3.84 mg/ml for aqueous extract. The minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) of alcoholic and aqueous extracts ranged from 0.1 to 12.8 mg/ml and 0.6 to 68.26mg/ml, respectively.

The results indicate that crude juice of shallot has antifungal activity and might be promising, at least, in treatment of fungal-associated diseases from mentioned fungi.