Eosinophilia is defined as elevation of eosinophils in the bloodstream (450-550 cell/μL). There are many reasons for eosinophilia to exist, including parasitic disease, allergic disease, autoimmune, connective tissue disease, rheumatologic disease, primary eosinophilia such as hypereosinophilic syndrome, and as part of a malignant state.
Peter F Weller, Anna Kovalszki
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A Retrospective Review of 1821 Cases of Eosinophilia in a Single‐Center Study in Eastern China [PDF]
Objective: Our study aims to explore the types of diseases that may cause eosinophilia and the changes in the disease spectrum of different degrees of eosinophilia.
Yanan Ma +4 more
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Associated diagnostic spectrum and stratified characteristics of patients with eosinophilia: a retrospective study [PDF]
BackgroundPeripheral blood eosinophilia occurs in diverse clinical conditions, including allergic diseases, infections, autoimmune disorders, hematologic malignancies, and solid malignancies.
Dongyu He +34 more
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Aim: To investigate eosinophilia as a potential on-treatment biomarker for patients receiving cancer immunotherapy. Materials & methods: We evaluated the association between eosinophilia and treatment response and toxicity in a retrospective cohort of ...
Yoko Tomita, Tharani Krishnan
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Clinical characteristics of peripheral blood eosinophilia in nontuberculous mycobacterial disease: a multicenter comparative retrospective study [PDF]
Background and objectivesPeripheral blood eosinophilia occurs in some patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease, but its clinical significance remains unclear.MethodsThe clinical data of 199 HIV-negative patients with NTM disease from four
Haojun Sha +10 more
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Clinical phenotyping of asthma patients with elevated sputum eosinophils and low blood eosinophils: a post-hoc analysis of the multicentre ATLANTIS cohortResearch in context [PDF]
Summary: Background: Patients with eosinophilic asthma are responsive to treatment with corticosteroids and biologics. Eosinophilia is usually identified based on blood eosinophil counts, but there is discordance between blood and sputum in some cases ...
Pauline J.M. Kuks +19 more
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Background: The characteristics of patients with eosinophilia are heterogeneous and the outcomes can vary from asymptomatic to severe. Objective: To describe the feature of patients with eosinophilia in a single center.
Bigui Chen +8 more
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Analysis on the cause of eosinophilia in a neonatal intensive care unit [PDF]
Purpose : Although eosinophilia is a common laboratory finding in many neonatal intensive care units (ICUs), its causative mechanisms remain obscure. We aimed to determine the causes of eosinophilia in the neonatal ICU environment.
Jeoung Young Kim +4 more
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Significance of Diagnosing Parasitic Infestation in Evaluation of Unexplained Eosinophilia [PDF]
Background: The evaluation of unexplained eosinophilia in an asymptomatic individual has always been a diagnostic challenge and requires understanding about a wide range of probable causative agents. Helminthic infestation and schistosomiasis are the
Vinay Khanna +3 more
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EOSINOPHILIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HELMINTHIASIS [PDF]
Eosinophilia (e-o-sin-o-FILL-e-uh) is a higher than normal level of eosinophils. Eosinophils are a type of disease-fighting white blood cell, indicating a parasitic infection, an allergic reaction or cancer.
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