Vijayan, V K
(1991)
Allergic broncho-pulmonary helmintyhiasis (ABPH).
Lung India, 9 (4).
pp. 145-148.
ISSN Print: 0970-2113; Online: 0974-598X
Abstract
Infestations with helminths (cestodes,
nematodes and trematodes) are the commonest
causes of pulmonary eosinophilia in tropical countries
(1-3). Other causes of pulmonary eosinophilia
include Allergic Broncho-Pulmonary Aspergillosis
(ABPA) (4), chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (5),
cryptogenic pulmonary fibrosis (6), Wegener’s
granulomatosis (7), lymphomatoid granulomatosis
(8) eosinophilic granuloma of lung (9), the
Churg-Strauss syndrome (10), drug hypersensitivity
reactions (11) and infections such as brucellosis
(12), coccidioidomycosis (13), corynebacterium
pseudotuberculosis (14) and tuberculosis (15).
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