Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentations
Eosinophilia can be due to both infectious and non-infectious causes, many of which may be clinically indistinguishable. Filariasis, a tropical and subtropical infection, is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia timori (B. timori), and Brugia malayi. Filariasis is conventionally diagnosed by demons...
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| author | Goutham Krishna Shilpa M. Manuel V M Ananthakrishnan |
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| description | Eosinophilia can be due to both infectious and non-infectious causes, many of which may be clinically indistinguishable. Filariasis, a tropical and subtropical infection, is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia timori (B. timori), and Brugia malayi. Filariasis is conventionally diagnosed by demonstration of microfilaria in the peripheral blood smear. The disease may be missed if one is not aware of the possibility. We report two cases in two individuals with eosinophilia due to filaria resulting in tropical pulmonary eosinophilia and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). They had complete symptomatic improvement after a 3-week course of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) +/- ivermectin. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-09aaa3ff0b954410a46b3c322f6cfa452025-08-20T02:12:30ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632278-71352024-10-0113104727472910.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1826_23Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentationsGoutham KrishnaShilpa M. ManuelV M AnanthakrishnanEosinophilia can be due to both infectious and non-infectious causes, many of which may be clinically indistinguishable. Filariasis, a tropical and subtropical infection, is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia timori (B. timori), and Brugia malayi. Filariasis is conventionally diagnosed by demonstration of microfilaria in the peripheral blood smear. The disease may be missed if one is not aware of the possibility. We report two cases in two individuals with eosinophilia due to filaria resulting in tropical pulmonary eosinophilia and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). They had complete symptomatic improvement after a 3-week course of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) +/- ivermectin.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1826_23eosinophiliafilariasistropical pulmonary eosinophilia |
| spellingShingle | Goutham Krishna Shilpa M. Manuel V M Ananthakrishnan Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentations Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care eosinophilia filariasis tropical pulmonary eosinophilia |
| title | Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentations |
| title_full | Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentations |
| title_fullStr | Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentations |
| title_short | Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentations |
| title_sort | tropical eosinophilia case series on varying presentations |
| topic | eosinophilia filariasis tropical pulmonary eosinophilia |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1826_23 |
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