Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke and Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia

Authors

ZEKAİ AVCI
BÜLENT ALİOĞLU
EMEL ÖZYÜREK
NAMIK ÖZBEK

DOI

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Abstract

We present the case reports of two children with a parasitic infestation associated with hypereosinophilia. One of those patients, who had been exposed to excessive second-hand tobacco smoke, was diagnosed as having acute eosinophilic pneumonia. The second patient had neither a history of exposure to second-hand smoke nor a prior diagnosis of acute eosinophilic pneumonia. We suggest that passive smoking may trigger acute eosinophilic pneumonia, a condition that develops frequently in children living in countries in which parasitic infestations and tobacco smoking are prevalent.

Keywords

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia, smoking, hypereosinophilia

First Page

613

Last Page

616

Recommended Citation

AVCI, ZEKAİ; ALİOĞLU, BÜLENT; ÖZYÜREK, EMEL; and ÖZBEK, NAMIK (2008) "Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke and Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 38: No. 6, Article 17. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol38/iss6/17