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Bindu Aggarwal1, Monika Sharma, Tejinder Singh
1Department of Pediatrics, Christian Medical College, Brown Road, Ludhina, Punjab, India.
Abstract:
We report a case of an 18 month old child who presented with sever eosinophilic pneumonia requiring ventilation as a result of round worm infestation. This child presented with symptoms alike acute severe asthma and had high absolute eosinophil count of 9,234/cmm.A course of steroids, albendazole and diethylcarbazine were followed by rapid recovery and a decrease in eosinophil counts to 616/cmm within one month of treatment. This is the first reported case of a child with severe eosinophilic pneumonia requiring ventilation as a result of roundworm infection.
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