ALLMedicine™ Eosinophilia Center

Apr 15th, 2021 - Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small vessel vasculitis with cardiac involvement in more than 60% of cases. Authors describe the case of a 48-year-old woman who presented wi...

Apr 8th, 2021 - Although drug-induced interstitial pneumonia is a well-known adverse side-effect of cancer chemotherapy, the disease is difficult to detect in the early phase. We report a case of oxaliplatin-induced interstitial pneumonia in which eosinophilia an...

Apr 1st, 2021 - Eosinophilic lung diseases are a rare group of lung disorders with multiple known and unknown aetiologies and the diagnosis is often challenging. We present a case of a young man who was admitted with pneumonia due to methicillin-sensitive Staphyl...

Apr 1st, 2021 - Airway eosinophilia is a hallmark of allergic asthma and is associated with mucus production, airway hyperresponsiveness, and shortness of breath. Although glucocorticoids are widely used to treat asthma, their prolonged use is associated with sev...

Apr 1st, 2021 - Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasm with eosinophilia (MLN-Eo) is a World Health Organization (WHO) established category of hematologic malignancies primarily arising in adults. We discuss an 8-month-old infant who presented with clinical features similar t...

Jun 24th, 2019 - Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP), drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)/toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are types of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), each with their ...

Jul 16th, 2018 - Over the last decade, clinical experiences and research studies raised concerns regarding use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) as part of the diagnostic strategy for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). We aimed to clarify the use of PPIs in the evalua...

Mar 22nd, 2017 - Asthma is a heterogeneous disease. The Czech Pneumology and Allergology Societies commissioned 10 experts to review the literature and create joint national guidelines for managing asthma, reflecting this heterogeneity. The aim was to develop an e...

Jan 23rd, 2017 - Guideline for the investigation and management of eosinophilia.|2017|Butt NM,Lambert J,Ali S,Beer PA,Cross NC,|diagnosis,epidemiology,etiology,therapy,

Dec 19th, 2015 - Consensus diagnostic recommendations to distinguish GORD from eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) by response to a trial of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) unexpectedly uncovered an entity called 'PPI-responsive oesophageal eosinophilia' (PPI-REE). PPI-...

Apr 15th, 2021 - Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis is an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated small vessel vasculitis with cardiac involvement in more than 60% of cases. Authors describe the case of a 48-year-old woman who presented wi...

Apr 8th, 2021 - Although drug-induced interstitial pneumonia is a well-known adverse side-effect of cancer chemotherapy, the disease is difficult to detect in the early phase. We report a case of oxaliplatin-induced interstitial pneumonia in which eosinophilia an...

Apr 1st, 2021 - Eosinophilic lung diseases are a rare group of lung disorders with multiple known and unknown aetiologies and the diagnosis is often challenging. We present a case of a young man who was admitted with pneumonia due to methicillin-sensitive Staphyl...

Apr 1st, 2021 - Airway eosinophilia is a hallmark of allergic asthma and is associated with mucus production, airway hyperresponsiveness, and shortness of breath. Although glucocorticoids are widely used to treat asthma, their prolonged use is associated with sev...

Apr 1st, 2021 - Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasm with eosinophilia (MLN-Eo) is a World Health Organization (WHO) established category of hematologic malignancies primarily arising in adults. We discuss an 8-month-old infant who presented with clinical features similar t...

Jan 28th, 2021 - Mounting evidence suggests it's a mistake to reject the diagnosis of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms, or DRESS, simply because the interval between initiating a drug and symptom onset is less than 15 days, Sarah Walsh, MD, sa...

Jul 5th, 2020 - Figure 1. Sputum culture Although the sputum eosinophilia level is the gold standard for diagnosing EA, this approach is not common because sputum processing and cell counting are too technical for most clinical centers. Nonetheless, there is cons...

May 10th, 2020 - In May 2020, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute and the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters (JTF) from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology/American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology issued clini...

Apr 2nd, 2020 - Almost all patients who develop gastrointestinal side effects from oral immunotherapy for severe food allergies develop some degree of esophageal eosinophilia, but that eventually resolves in most of them after a year of treatment, according to re.

Mar 17th, 2020 - The T2 biomarkers available for clinical use are quantitative sputum cytometry, blood eosinophil count, FeNO, and serum IgE. Although it is not helpful in managing mild to moderate asthma, sputum quantitative cytometry has consistently been shown ...