Eosinophilic pleural effusion and giardiasis: A causal or a casual relationship?

A case of bilateral eosinophilic pleural effusion with coincidental intestinal infestation of giardia lamblia is being reported. After reviewing the possible causes of this type of pleural effusion, no clinical or laboratory data were obtained which could explain this condition except giardiasis. Mo...

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Autores principales: Singh, Urvinderpal, Garg, Nishi, Chopra, Vishal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23661922
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.106179
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author Singh, Urvinderpal
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description A case of bilateral eosinophilic pleural effusion with coincidental intestinal infestation of giardia lamblia is being reported. After reviewing the possible causes of this type of pleural effusion, no clinical or laboratory data were obtained which could explain this condition except giardiasis. Moreover the clearance of pleural effusion with the treatment of giardia with metronidazole suggests giardia as the probable cause of bilateral eosinophilic pleural effusion.
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spelling pubmed-36448402013-05-09 Eosinophilic pleural effusion and giardiasis: A causal or a casual relationship? Singh, Urvinderpal Garg, Nishi Chopra, Vishal Lung India Case Report A case of bilateral eosinophilic pleural effusion with coincidental intestinal infestation of giardia lamblia is being reported. After reviewing the possible causes of this type of pleural effusion, no clinical or laboratory data were obtained which could explain this condition except giardiasis. Moreover the clearance of pleural effusion with the treatment of giardia with metronidazole suggests giardia as the probable cause of bilateral eosinophilic pleural effusion. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3644840/ /pubmed/23661922 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.106179 Text en Copyright: © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Eosinophilic pleural effusion and giardiasis: A causal or a casual relationship?
title_fullStr Eosinophilic pleural effusion and giardiasis: A causal or a casual relationship?
title_full_unstemmed Eosinophilic pleural effusion and giardiasis: A causal or a casual relationship?
title_short Eosinophilic pleural effusion and giardiasis: A causal or a casual relationship?
title_sort eosinophilic pleural effusion and giardiasis: a causal or a casual relationship?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23661922
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