The etiology of severe eosinophilia in hospitalized patients

Peripheral blood eosinophilia may represent a variety of clinical entities including atopy, parasitic infections, drug hypersensitivity, malignancy and others. Severe eosinophilia (>5000/mm3) is occasionally encountered in hospitalized patients. However, there are strikingly little data on its etiology.

Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - January 31, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Yuval Tal, Oded Shamriz, Alon Hershko Source Type: research