The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case Series

The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case Series

Hypereosinophilia is usually defined as a blood eosinophil count >1500/μL. A broad variety of conditions are associated with hypereosinophilia. The present report describes three cases of hypereosinophilia, in which a thorough history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging investigations w...

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Main Authors: Eleonora Vaisben, Ronen Brand, Anas Kadakh, Faris Nassar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531675
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spelling doaj-86d383080d794d37a297f6fd01b8ad2c2021-07-02T10:18:53ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322015-01-0126632332410.1155/2015/531675The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case SeriesEleonora Vaisben0Ronen Brand1Anas Kadakh2Faris Nassar3Department of Internal Medicine “E”, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, IsraelDepartment of Family Medicine, Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee district, Rapaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, IsraelDepartment of Internal Medicine “E”, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, IsraelDepartment of Internal Medicine “E”, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, IsraelHypereosinophilia is usually defined as a blood eosinophil count >1500/μL. A broad variety of conditions are associated with hypereosinophilia. The present report describes three cases of hypereosinophilia, in which a thorough history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging investigations were unable to detect any abnormalities. Albendazole was empirically administered in all three cases, with complete normalization of eosinophil counts thereafter. Empirical treatment with albendazole for patients presenting with hypereosinophilia should be strongly considered.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531675
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Anas Kadakh
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The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case Series
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
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title The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case Series
title_short The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case Series
title_full The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case Series
title_fullStr The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case Series
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Empirical Albendazole Treatment in Idiopathic Hypereosinophilia - A Case Series
title_sort role of empirical albendazole treatment in idiopathic hypereosinophilia - a case series
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series Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
issn 1712-9532
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Hypereosinophilia is usually defined as a blood eosinophil count >1500/μL. A broad variety of conditions are associated with hypereosinophilia. The present report describes three cases of hypereosinophilia, in which a thorough history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging investigations were unable to detect any abnormalities. Albendazole was empirically administered in all three cases, with complete normalization of eosinophil counts thereafter. Empirical treatment with albendazole for patients presenting with hypereosinophilia should be strongly considered.
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