The role of empirical albendazole treatment in idiopathic hypereosinophilia – a case series

Hypereosinophilia is usually defined as a blood eosinophil count >1500/μL. A broad variety of conditions are associated with hypereosinophilia. The present report describes three cases of hypereosinophilia, in which a thorough history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging investigations w...

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Autores principales: Vaisben, Eleonora, Brand, Ronen, Kadakh, Anas, Nassar, Faris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pulsus Group Inc 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744590
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author Vaisben, Eleonora
Brand, Ronen
Kadakh, Anas
Nassar, Faris
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description Hypereosinophilia is usually defined as a blood eosinophil count >1500/μL. A broad variety of conditions are associated with hypereosinophilia. The present report describes three cases of hypereosinophilia, in which a thorough history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging investigations were unable to detect any abnormalities. Albendazole was empirically administered in all three cases, with complete normalization of eosinophil counts thereafter. Empirical treatment with albendazole for patients presenting with hypereosinophilia should be strongly considered.
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spelling pubmed-46923022016-01-07 The role of empirical albendazole treatment in idiopathic hypereosinophilia – a case series Vaisben, Eleonora Brand, Ronen Kadakh, Anas Nassar, Faris Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol Case Report Hypereosinophilia is usually defined as a blood eosinophil count >1500/μL. A broad variety of conditions are associated with hypereosinophilia. The present report describes three cases of hypereosinophilia, in which a thorough history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging investigations were unable to detect any abnormalities. Albendazole was empirically administered in all three cases, with complete normalization of eosinophil counts thereafter. Empirical treatment with albendazole for patients presenting with hypereosinophilia should be strongly considered. Pulsus Group Inc 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4692302/ /pubmed/26744590 Text en Copyright© 2015 Pulsus Group Inc. All rights reserved This open-access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits reuse, distribution and reproduction of the article, provided that the original work is properly cited and the reuse is restricted to noncommercial purposes. For commercial reuse, contact support@pulsus.com
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title_full The role of empirical albendazole treatment in idiopathic hypereosinophilia – a case series
title_fullStr The role of empirical albendazole treatment in idiopathic hypereosinophilia – a case series
title_full_unstemmed The role of empirical albendazole treatment in idiopathic hypereosinophilia – a case series
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title_sort role of empirical albendazole treatment in idiopathic hypereosinophilia – a case series
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744590
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