OBJECTIVE: We assessed the frequency of @entity4801 and the efficacy of presumptive treatment when no cause was found. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective study took place in the @entity66 department of @entity35017  tre Hospital over a two-year period and included @entity1 with eosinophil counts exceeding 500/mm(3). RESULTS: The study included 117 @entity1 with blood @entity1712 . A @entity281 was identified for 48 (41%), and appropriate treatment resulted in a return to normal eosinophil counts for all of them. No parasite was identified in 45 @entity1 (38.5%), but @entity4801 was suspected on the basis of clinical or epidemiologic evidence. These @entity1 received presumptive treatment with antiparasitic drugs (ivermectin, @entity3753 and @entity2039 , alone or in combination). Of the 30 @entity1 in this group not lost to follow-up, eosinophil counts returned to normal for 20. Finally, a cause other than @entity8143 was suspected for 15 of the 117 @entity1 (13%): 9 (7.5%) of them were lost to follow-up. DISCUSSION: Parasites remain the leading cause of blood @entity1712 . Because the sensitivity of additional testing for these parasites is low and these antiparasitic drugs are safe (except for @entity1 with @entity6600 ), presumptive treatment appears appropriate.

[Management of blood @entity1712 in an outpatient clinic for XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1712 :: ('MESH:D004802', 'Disease') :: ['eosinophilia'] @entity3753 :: ('MESH:D015766', 'Chemical') :: ['albendazole'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['Tropical Disease'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['parasitic infection'] @entity35017 :: ('114614', 'Gene') :: ['Bic'] @entity6600 :: ('MESH:D008118', 'Disease') :: ['loiasis'] @entity4801 :: ('MESH:D010272', 'Disease') :: ['parasitic diseases', 'parasitic disease'] @entity8143 :: ('MESH:D063726', 'Disease') :: ['parasitosis'] @entity2039 :: ('MESH:D011223', 'Chemical') :: ['praziquantel']
@entity66 :: (MESH:D004194,Disease) :: ['tropical diseases']
