Ascaris Pneumonia in a Two-Year-Old Girl

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LöFFLER'S original description of the syndrome that he called "transitory lung infiltration with blood eosinophilia"1 and is now well known as Löffler's syndrome resulted from a study of cases of suspected tuberculosis. However, he suggested that the condition might be caused by a number of agents, including pulmonary ascariasis. In man experimental infections with Ascaris lumbricoides have been shown to produce Löffler's syndrome,2 and it is well established that this entity is common in regions where ascaris infections are highly prevalent. A somewhat similar clinical picture is elicited by the invasion of the lungs by other helminth parasites during their . . .