Indications directory

Slight eosinophilia: 400-1500/µl

moderate eosinophilie: 1500-5000/µl

marked eosinophilia: > 5000/µl

Basic evaluations:

Full blood count, ESR or CRP, total IgE, GOT, GPT, gamma-GT, AP, bilirubin, urine status- and sedimentation

Additional evaluations as per clinical suspicion:

Infection serology:

Chronic hepatitis B and C, echinokokkus, ameba, lamblia, toxocara canis (↑↑), schistosoma, toxoplasma, trichines, filarial

Pathogen evidence:

Parasites in the stool (taenia, ascaris, ancylostoma and others), in the blood (malaria), in the BAL (pneumocystis carinii, aspergillosis), late phase of bacterial infection

Allergy:

Total IgE, antigen-specific IgE-antibodies, antigen-specific IgG-antibodies

Hematology:

Bone marrow cytology- and histology (CML, AML, acute eosinophilia-leukaemia, All), Philadelphia-chromosomes- or bcr-abl-PCR, NHL

Toxicology:

Medication anamnesis- and screening in the urine (sulfonamides, penicillin, nitrofurantoin, thiazides and others

Immunology:

RF, ANA, ANCA and others

Endocrinology:

TSH, ACTH

Please also refer to sections “eosinophilic pneumonia, allergic granulomatous arteritis (Churg-Strauss syndrome)