Cordier Jean-François
Service de Pneumologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Orphelines Pulmonaires, Université Claude Bernard, Hôpital Louis Pradel, 69677 Lyon, Bron, Cedex.
Rev Prat. 2006 Feb 28;56(4):353-8.
Hypereosinophilic asthma (defined by blood eosinophils > 1 G/L, especially > 1.5 G/L) may be solitary (and often difficult to treat), or a manifestation of a hypereosinophilic disorder of determined cause (parasitic, iatrogenic, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) or idiopathic (idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, Churg-Strauss syndrome, idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome). In addition to etiologic treatment when available long term corticosteroids are necessary in a majority of patients.
高嗜酸性粒细胞性哮喘(定义为血液嗜酸性粒细胞>1 G/L,尤其是>1.5 G/L)可能是孤立性的(且通常难以治疗),或是由特定病因引起的高嗜酸性粒细胞性疾病(寄生虫感染、医源性、变应性支气管肺曲霉病)或特发性疾病(特发性慢性嗜酸性粒细胞性肺炎、变应性肉芽肿性血管炎、特发性高嗜酸性粒细胞综合征)的一种表现。除了在可行时进行病因治疗外,大多数患者需要长期使用皮质类固醇。