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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2024

Tropical eosinophilia: Case series on varying presentations.

Goutham Krishna, Shilpa M Manuel, V M Ananthakrishnan

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Goutham KrishnaDepartment of General Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Shilpa M ManuelDepartment of General Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
V M AnanthakrishnanDepartment of General Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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Eosinophiliafilariasistropical pulmonary eosinophilia

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PMID39629372
PMCPMC11610835

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