Asthma due to parasitic infestation

N J Med. 1989 Dec;86(12):947-9.

Abstract

The authors document the association between refractory asthma, eosinophilia, pulmonary infiltrates, and diarrhea due to parasitic hyper-infestation resulting from Strongyloides stercoralis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Asthma / drug therapy
  • Asthma / etiology*
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / complications*
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Parasitic / parasitology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Strongyloides / isolation & purification
  • Strongyloidiasis / complications*
  • Strongyloidiasis / drug therapy
  • Thiabendazole / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Thiabendazole