Relation of severe @entity1712 and microfilariasis to chronic XXXX .

@entity1 @entity1712 @entity6566 @entity999 @entity299 @entity997 @entity18032
Over a two-year period, 44 @entity1 had an eosinophil count above the 97th centile. Thirteen of these 44 had @entity299 presenting within six months of the onset of symptoms. Microfilariasis was the most likely cause of the raised total eosinophil in these 13 @entity1 . In all, the raised eosinophil count we returned to normal by the use of @entity6566 (Banocide). Eleven of the 13 were followed up and eight of them (73%) developed clinical features of @entity299 and @entity997 . The mean duration of follow-up was two years. Limited cardiac catheterisation studies in six of the @entity1 showed evidence of constriction or of @entity997 . The clinical features of these eight @entity1 were indistinguishable from those found in chronic @entity18032 . This disease was further suggested by recurrent @entity999 in one, and a large pericardial effusion in another; and it was also present in the one @entity1 to come to necropsy. Thus, microfilaria-induced @entity1712 , when high, is frequently associated with @entity299 which appears to be chronic @entity18032 many months after the @entity1712 has returned to normal.
