title: [Eosinophilia, ECP and Ecp/Eo ratio in allergic and non-allergic diseases].
abstract: Eosinophilia in peripheral blood occurs in allergic as well as non-allergic diseases. In the research there were 26 patients with eosinophil level above 5% encountered in leukocyte smear of peripheral blood encountered. Patients were split into 3 groups: patients with allergic atopic disease (ANN), patients with non-atopic (contact dermatitis) disease and patients with upper airways infection and/or parasitic disease. In the researched groups there were no statistically significant differences of ECP level in serum and of ECP/Eo ratio detected. There were also correlations between ECP and ECP/Eo ratio for every researched group analyzed. The highest correlation was observed in patients with contact dermatitis and in non-atopic patients in general. Initial results show uselessness of applied research methods in the routine differential diagnosis of eosinophilia.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Alergologii Klinicznej i Srodowiskowej Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie. mfczarno@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Czarnobilska
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Obtułowicz
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dyga
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gołuch
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwiewka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D047150:Eosinophil Cationic Protein / Q000097:blood*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D047150:Eosinophil Cationic Protein; C479220:RNASE3 protein, human