English Journal
- Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia misdiagnosed as miliary tuberculosis: A case report and literature review.
- Ray S, Kundu S, Goswami M, Maitra S.AbstractTropical pulmonary eosinophilia is prevalent in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is an occult form of human filariasis and results from an exaggerated immune response to filarial parasites Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi. Tuberculosis is prevalent in our country and may mimic almost any pulmonary disease on chest skiagram. Here we describe a patient with acute chest symptoms and micro-nodular opacity over chest roentogenogram, diagnosed as miliary tuberculosis and treated accordingly. Actually he was suffering from tropical pulmonary eosinophilia and showed response to combined diethylcarbamazine and corticosteroid therapy. This case serves as a reminder that tropical pulmonary eosinophilia may be wrongly diagnosed as miliary tuberculosis if one rely solely on a chest X-ray with micronodular opacities. We also stress on early diagnosis and treatment of this condition to avoid unfavorable outcomes.
- Parasitology international.Parasitol Int.2011 Dec 8. [Epub ahead of print]
- Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia is prevalent in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is an occult form of human filariasis and results from an exaggerated immune response to filarial parasites Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi. Tuberculosis is prevalent in our country and may m
- PMID 22172479
- Floating elementary osmotic pump tablet (FEOPT) for controlled delivery of diethylcarbamazine citrate: a water-soluble drug.
- Khan ZA, Tripathi R, Mishra B.SourceDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
- AAPS PharmSciTech.AAPS PharmSciTech.2011 Dec;12(4):1312-23. Epub 2011 Oct 4.
- The present work investigates the feasibility of the design of a novel floating elementary osmotic pump tablet (FEOPT) to prolong the gastric residence of a highly water-soluble drug. Diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) was chosen as a model drug. The FEOPT consisted of an osmotic core (DEC, mannitol,
- PMID 21969244
Japanese Journal
- エチオピア国イルバボール州におけるオンコセルカ症に関する研究〔英文〕
- 熱帯医学 15(1), 36-45, 1973-03
- NAID 120000919251
- Hetrazanによる肺吸虫症の治験例
- 日本臨床 14(11), ????, 1956-11
- NAID 40018380472
- STUDIES ON "KASEN" OF HORSES IN HOKKAIDO : II. RESULTS OBTAINED IN 1954
- Japanese journal of veterinary research 3(2), 73-81, 1955-08-10
- NAID 110001075898
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