Paragonimus westermani as a cause of Löeffler's syndrome

In 1936, Löeffler first recognized the association between a distinctive form of severe heart failure and marked eosinophilia. Most cases are caused by either parasitic infections or drugs; however, no cause has been identified in one-third of the patients [1]. This report presents a rare case of Lö...

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Autores principales: Furuya, Satoshi, Fukui, Sayato, Maekawa, Yoichiro, Aoki, Nozomi, Inui, Akihiro, Naito, Toshio
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Illustrated
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8808064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35127453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01427
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author Furuya, Satoshi
Fukui, Sayato
Maekawa, Yoichiro
Aoki, Nozomi
Inui, Akihiro
Naito, Toshio
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description In 1936, Löeffler first recognized the association between a distinctive form of severe heart failure and marked eosinophilia. Most cases are caused by either parasitic infections or drugs; however, no cause has been identified in one-third of the patients [1]. This report presents a rare case of Löeffler’s syndrome caused by the parasite Paragonimus westermani.
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spelling pubmed-88080642022-02-04 Paragonimus westermani as a cause of Löeffler's syndrome Furuya, Satoshi Fukui, Sayato Maekawa, Yoichiro Aoki, Nozomi Inui, Akihiro Naito, Toshio IDCases Case Illustrated In 1936, Löeffler first recognized the association between a distinctive form of severe heart failure and marked eosinophilia. Most cases are caused by either parasitic infections or drugs; however, no cause has been identified in one-third of the patients [1]. This report presents a rare case of Löeffler’s syndrome caused by the parasite Paragonimus westermani. Elsevier 2022-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8808064/ /pubmed/35127453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01427 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Furuya, Satoshi
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Aoki, Nozomi
Inui, Akihiro
Naito, Toshio
Paragonimus westermani as a cause of Löeffler's syndrome
title Paragonimus westermani as a cause of Löeffler's syndrome
title_full Paragonimus westermani as a cause of Löeffler's syndrome
title_fullStr Paragonimus westermani as a cause of Löeffler's syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Paragonimus westermani as a cause of Löeffler's syndrome
title_short Paragonimus westermani as a cause of Löeffler's syndrome
title_sort paragonimus westermani as a cause of löeffler's syndrome
topic Case Illustrated
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8808064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35127453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01427
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