Eosinophilia: Causes and pathobiology in persons with prior exposures in tropical areas with an emphasis on parasitic infections

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Kim, Yae Jean ^a   Nutman, Thomas B ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALLOPURINOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; HYDANTOIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PRAZIQUANTEL; QUININE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRICLABENDAZOLE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ASPIRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIA MYALGIA SYNDROME; EYE DISEASE; FASCIOLIASIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; IMMIGRATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LAVAGE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG DISEASE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERATOGENICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TROPICAL DISEASE; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 31544455813     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-006-0034-4     Document Type: Review

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