TROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA WITH REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH PENICILLIN
Authors: Paul H. Morton, Carl C. Jones
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Case Reports1 December 1949TROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA WITH REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH PENICILLINPAUL H. MORTON, M.D., F.A.C.P., CARL C. JONESPAUL H. MORTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, CARL C. JONESSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-6-1112 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSeveral articles and case reports have recently appeared in the literature concerning this disease which was first described in 1919,5 and was given the name tropical eosinophilia by Weingarten1 who in 1943 reported 81 cases. Since then all reported cases have been successfully treated with organic arsenical drugs.The disease is characterized by lassitude, fever, anorexia, weight loss, and cough. The latter occurs characteristically in the early morning hours between 1 and 5 a.m. and is accompanied by asthmatic wheezing. Later dyspnea and orthopnea develop. A marked eosinophilia is present, sometimes reaching as high as 70 to 80 per cent,...Bibliography1. WEINGARTEN RJ: Tropical eosinophilia, Lancet, 1943, i, 103-105. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. EMERSON K: Tropical eosinophilia, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1944, xlii, 118-123. Google Scholar3. PARSONS-SMITH BG: Tropical eosinophilia, Lancet, 1944, i, 433-434. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HIRSTMCCANN WRWJ: Tropical eosinophilia, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1945, xliv, 1277-1281. Google Scholar5. VAN DER SARHARTZ AH: The syndrome, tropical eosinophilia, and microfilaria, Am. Jr. Trop. Med., 1945, xxv, 83-96. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. APLEYGRANT JGH: Tropical eosinophilia, Lancet, 1945, i, 812-813. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. IRWIN JW: Tropical eosinophilia, Ann. Int. Med., 1946, xxv, 329-339. Google Scholar8. BROWN HW: Personal communication. Google Scholar9. HUNTINGTON RW: Skin reactions to Dirofilaria immitis extract, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1945, xliv, 707-717. Google Scholar10. LÖFFLER W: Zur Differential-Diagnose der Lungeninfiltrierungen; über flüchtige Succedan-Infiltrate (mit Eosinophilie), Beitr. z. Klin. Tuberk., 1932, lxxix, 368. Die flüchtigen Lungeninfiltrate mit Eosinophile, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1936, lxvi, 1069. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. JONESCARLETON SHRS: Eosinophilic infiltration of the lungs (Loeffler's syndrome), New England Jr. Med., 1944, ccxxxi, 356-358. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. HANSEN-PRUSSGOODMAN OCEG: Allergic pulmonary consolidations, Ann. Allergy, 1944, ii, 85-108. Google Scholar13. BAGENSTOSSBAYLEYLINDBERG AHECDO: Loeffler's syndrome: report of a case with pathologic examination of the lung, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clinic, 1946, xxi, 257-265. Google Scholar14. Current Comment: The allergic pulmonary reactions of Loeffler's syndrome, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1947, cxxxiii, 325. Google Scholar15. RICH AR: Rôle of hypersensitivity in periarteritis nodosa as indicated by 7 cases developing during serum sickness and sulfonamide therapy, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1942, lxxi, 123-140. Google Scholar16. RICH AR: Additional evidence of rôle of hypersensitivity in etiology of periarteritis nodosa: another case associated with sulfonamide reaction, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1942, lxxi, 375-379. Google Scholar17. RICHGREGORY ARJE: Experimental demonstration that periarteritis nodosa is manifestation of hypersensitivity, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1943, lxxii, 65-88. Google Scholar18. HODGESDENHOFFVANDERVEER LGEJB: Early filariasis (Bancrofti) in American soldiers, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1945, ccx, 207-222. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 18, 1947. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA (FOLLOWED FOR SEVEN YEARS)*JACK J. LEVIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.TROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA: CLINICAL, THERAPEUTIC AND ETIOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS. EXPERIMENTAL WORK*AMAURY COUTINHOPULMONARY INFILTRATION WITH EOSINOPHILIA (PIE SYNDROME)*WILLIAM H. REEDER, M.D., BEN E. GOODRICH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Tropical pulmonary eosinophiliaSOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE EOSINOPHILH. J. L. M. 1 December 1949Volume 31, Issue 6Page: 1112-1118KeywordsDrugsDyspneaEosinophiliaFatigueFeversPenicillinTropical diseasesWeight loss ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...