Clinical relevance of peripheral blood eosinophil count in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

• Main Authors: Ritesh Agarwal (Author), Ajmal Khan (Author), Ashutosh N. Aggarwal (Author), Neelam Varma (Author), Mandeep Garg (Author), Biman Saikia (Author), Dheeraj Gupta (Author), Arunaloke Chakrabarti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background and aims: Currently, there is not a uniform consensus regarding the number of criteria or specific cut-off values for the variety of tests that are used to diagnose allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). Traditionally, an eosinophil count >1000 cells/μl is considered...