Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke and Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia

Authors

ZEKAİ AVCI
BÜLENT ALİOĞLU
EMEL ÖZYÜREK
NAMIK ÖZBEK

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.

DOI

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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