Eosinophiluria

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Eosinophiluria is the abnormal presence of eosinophils in the urine. It can be measured by detecting levels of eosinophil cationic protein. [1]

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Associated conditions

It can be associated with a wide variety of conditions, including:

Eosinophiluria (>5% of urine leukocytes ) is a common finding (~90%) in antibiotic-induced allergic nephritis, however, lymphocytes predominate in allergic interstitial nephritis induced by NSAIDs. Eosinophiluria is a feature of atheroembolic ARF.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Reimert CM, Mshinda HM, Hatz CF, et al. (January 2000). "Quantitative assessment of eosinophiluria in Schistosoma haematobium infections: a new marker of infection and bladder morbidity" . Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 62 (1): 19–28. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.19 . PMID   10761720.
  2. ↑ Fletcher, Andrew (17 April 2008). "Eosinophiluria and Acute Interstitial Nephritis". New England Journal of Medicine . 358 (16): 1760–1761. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc0708475 . PMID   18420515.
  3. ↑ Ohsawa I, Ohi H, Takahashi K (May 2004). "Eosinophiluria in Churg–Strauss syndrome". Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 19 (5): 1333. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfh160 . PMID   15102984.
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