Abstract:Rationale: Peripheral eosinophilia is a common finding among patients referred to hematology and immunology ambulatory care centers and may be linked to primary (i.e. clonal or idiopathic) or reactive conditions such as infections (especially helminths), neoplasms, connective tissue disorders, endocrinopathies, and allergies. We recently identified a cohort of patients diagnosed with strongyloidiasis, a disease caused by parasitic roundworms, in our urban population. Through this study, seek to identify the cl… Show more
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