Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE) presents with nocturnal cough, wheeze, and markedly elevated serum IgE and eosinophilia. It is caused by a hyper...

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Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE) presents with nocturnal cough, wheeze, and markedly elevated serum IgE and eosinophilia. It is caused by a hypersensitivity response to which organism?

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Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi microfilariae trapped in the lungs

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Paragonimus westermani

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Toxocara canis

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia

Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (TPE) presents with nocturnal cough, wheeze, and markedly elevated serum IgE and eosinophilia. It is caused by a hypersensitivity response to which organism?