title: One lab finding, 2 vastly different causes.
abstract: While both of these patients had eosinophilia, their diagnoses ended up being quite different. What is the best approach to the diagnosis and management of eosinophilia in the ambulatory care setting?
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Conar R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: O'Neil
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Email: Sergio.Fanella@umanitoba.ca.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fanella
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D003462:Cuba; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D005002:Ethiopia; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome