Jiva T M, Israel R H, Poe R H
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, N.Y., USA.
Respiration. 1996;63(1):55-8. doi: 10.1159/000196517.
With the influx of immigrants from developing countries, deployment of American troops on foreign soil, and wide-ranging travel patterns of some United States citizens, one should expect an increase in the frequency of parasitic pulmonary diseases. We report a case of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia in a recent immigrant to Upstate New York from India. Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia is unfamiliar to most physicians practicing in North America, but should be included in the differential diagnosis of asthmatic bronchitis with hypereosinophilia when there is a history of recent travel to or residence in endemic areas. Furthermore, knowledge of this entity should also help in the differential diagnosis of other hypereosinophilic syndromes.
随着来自发展中国家的移民涌入、美国军队在外国土地上的部署以及一些美国公民广泛的旅行模式，人们应该预期寄生性肺部疾病的发病率会增加。我们报告了一例从印度新近移民到纽约州北部的热带肺嗜酸性粒细胞增多症病例。大多数在北美行医的医生对热带肺嗜酸性粒细胞增多症并不熟悉，但当有近期前往或居住在流行地区的病史时，在嗜酸性粒细胞增多性哮喘性支气管炎的鉴别诊断中应考虑到该病。此外，了解这一病症也有助于对其他嗜酸性粒细胞增多综合征进行鉴别诊断。
