title: [Acute respiratory insufficiency in parasitic eosinophilic pneumonia].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schinkewitch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Candolfi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weitzenblum
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
vernacular_title: Insuffisance respiratoire aiguë au cours d'une pneumopathie à éosinophiles parasitaire.