Acute eosinophilic pneumonia associated with smoking: a case report

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is commonly misdiagnosed as infectious pneumonia due to presence of fever and radiological features. However, development of peripheral eosinophilia within days of presentation should raise the concern of AEP especially in previously heathy adults with history of r...

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Autor principal: Fayyaz, Beenish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5998281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29915648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1466601
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Sumario:Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is commonly misdiagnosed as infectious pneumonia due to presence of fever and radiological features. However, development of peripheral eosinophilia within days of presentation should raise the concern of AEP especially in previously heathy adults with history of recent tobacco smoking.

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