[Acute respiratory insufficiency in parasitic eosinophilic pneumonia].
We report a case of bilateral eosinophilic pneumonia in a 33 year old man. This case developed rapidly into acute respiratory failure and required artificial ventilation. Intravenous corticosteroid therapy produced a rapid improvement in the clinical picture. There was hyper-eosinophilia in both the blood and the alveoli which leads to a search for a parasitic aetiology. The different parasitic serologies were negative except for Toxocaracanis. The ELISA index was strongly positive at 2,597. Treatment with thiabendazole was started.
Schinkewitch
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Service de Pneumologie Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg.
Kessler
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Candolfi
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Weitzenblum
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000469:parasitology*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000469:parasitology*; D017166:Toxocara canis
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Insuffisance respiratoire aiguë au cours d'une pneumopathie à éosinophiles parasitaire.