[Chronic asymptomatic hypereosinophilia. Apropos of a case of occupational toxocariasis].
The authors observed a case of asymptomatic toxocariasis in a lady aged 60, engaged in dog-breeding since twenty years. The various causes of hypereosinophilia are discussed. The epidemiology of Toxocariasis and the essential role of serologic tests--in particular ELISA detection of a larval antigen--are recalled. In this particular case, therapeutic abstention is justified.
Guillaume
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G
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Erasme.
Carlier
Y
Y
Losson
B
B
Sternon
J
J
D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014119:Toxocara / Q000276:immunology; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015047:Zoonoses
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth
L'hyper-éosinophilie chronique asymptomatique. A propos d'un cas de toxocarose professionnelle.