Vijayan, V K and Sankaran, K and Venkatesan, P and Prabhakar, R (1991) Effect of diethylcarbamazine on the alveolitis of tropical eosinophilia. Respiration , 58 (5-6). pp. 255-259. ISSN Print: 0025-7931; Online: 1423-0356
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Abstract
Bronchoalveolar lavage studies in 33 patients with acute untreated tropical eosinophilia have demonstrated intense eosinophilic alveolitis. Following treatment with a standard 3-week course of diethylcarbamazine, there was a significant fall in lung eosinophils (p <0.001). However; a mild alveolitis characterised by hypercellular lavage fluid due to a significant increase in absolute alveolar macrophages (p < 0.001) and due to an increase in both the absolute number (p <0.01) and percentage of eosinophils (p = 0.02) was persisting at 1 month despite treatment. Long-term follow-up is essential to know the fate of alveolitis.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bronchoalveolar lavage Alveolitis Tropical eosinophilia Diethylcarbamazine |
| Subjects: | Tuberculosis > Clinical Research |
| Divisions: | Clinical Research |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Rathinasabapati R |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2013 07:48 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2016 09:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/310 |
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