title: [Retrospective study of 1,934 cases of strongyloidiasis in Paris (1970-1986). II. Diagnosis, Eosinophilia. Treatment].
abstract: The best methods of detection of strongyloidiasis were by "combined concentrations" described in 1965 and 1972: a faecal sample was concentrated with or without ether, then floating. Baermann's extraction was positive in only 80% of the cases. The average blood eosinophilia was higher in Europeans (16.4%) than in subjects from intertropical countries (13.4%). In West Indians; it was higher in cases of strongyloidiasis than in ankylostomiasis (9.4%) and intestinal bilharziasis (8.3%). Treatment with thiabendazole: overall efficacy in 621 patients was 89%. The most effective dosage (97%) with the lowest dose was 4 g in adults, taken in two doses, one in the evening and the other the next morning.
mesh_terms: D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010297:Paris; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014900:West Indies / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D013827:Thiabendazole
vernacular_title: Etude rétrospective de 1,934 cas de strongyloidose diagnostiqués à Paris (1970-1986) II. Diagnostic. Eosinophilie. Traitement.