title: [A case of toxocariasis with eosinophilic pleural effusion].
abstract: A 76-year-old man admitted for general malaise with fever was found in clinical examination on admission to have eosinophilic pleural effusion, peripheral eosinophilia, and a slightly elevated inflammatory reaction. Immunological examination, including microplate ELISA, showed a high titer of specific antibody against Toxocara canis in both the serum and pleural effusion. We started treatment using albendazole, and found inflammatory findings and serum IgE were ameliorated. Parasitic disease is an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of eosinophilic pleural effusion, and serology is useful in screening for this.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital.
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hiromatsu
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosai
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakugawa
authors.forename: Fukumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumikawa
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higashiyama
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirakata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukae
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015047:Zoonoses