[Toxocariasis respiratory manifestations in cases hospitalized in the Paediatric Diseases Clinic of Iaşi, between 2005-2008].
The authors present the results of retrospective epidemiological, clinical and laboratory diagnosis on toxocariasis cases hospitalized in the Pediatric Diseases Clinic of Iaşi, between January 2005-June 2008.


METHODS
The study included a number of 228 children.


RESULTS
Respiratory manifestations were present in 184 children: 105 boys (46.05%) and 79 girls (34.64%), with a slight advance of the rural environment (44.29%). The age distribution highlighted a predominance of 1-5 years of age (65.76%). Respiratory manifestations were fever, coughing, wheezing, asthma, infections of respiratory pathways, pneumonia. The distribution of toxocariasis in children patients in Moldavia, Romania, highlighted a predominance in Iaşi. The children with respiratory manifestations had hypereosinophilia associated with hyperleucocytosis. All the patients were serologically confirmed with toxocariasis. The children responded well to treatment with albendazole.
Bahnea
Roxana-Gabriela
RG
Disciplina de Parazitologie, Facultatea de Medicină, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie"Gr.T. Popa" Iaşi.
Cojocaru
Ingrid
I
Ripă
Carmen
C
Luca
Mihaela Cătălina
MC
Ivans
A
A
Luca
Mariana
M
D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D015995:Prevalence; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole