Issue |
Parasite
Volume 8, Number 4, December 2001
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Page(s) | 359 - 362 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2001084359 | |
Published online | 02 September 2014 |
Note de recherche
A three years follow-up of total serum IgE levels in three patients treated for strongyloidiasis
Étude de l'évolution durant trois ans du taux des IgE sériques totales, chez trois patients traités pour anguillulose
CIMOT, 4-10, rue Albert Thomas, 59210 Coudekerque-Branche, France.
Received:
4
May
2001
Accepted:
5
September
2001
A three years follow-up of the level of serum total IgE was made for the first time in three patients with strongyloidiasis after efficient treatment. The decrease of IgE was slow and progressive, showing a logarithmic curve. This regular decrease of total serum IgE could be used as an additional criterion for the evaluation of the efficiency of drug therapy in patients with strongyloidiasis. The persistence of high levels of total IgE two or three years after the elimination of the intestinal parasites, after the return of blood eosinophils to a normal level (within six months), and after the disappearance of specific antibodies, shows that the regulation of the IgE elimination seems to be a complex mechanism.
Résumé
Chez trois patients traités pour anguillulose et apparemment guéris, une surveillance à long terme des IgE sériques totales a montré une décroissance lente, progressive, suivant une courbe logarithmique. La persistance de taux sériques encore élevés des IgE totales deux ou trois ans après la disparition définitive des parasites intestinaux montre que la régulation de l'élimination des IgE sériques suit des mécanismes probablement complexes et encore peu étudiés.
Key words: strongyloidiasis / total serum IgE / elimination
Mots clés : anguillulose / IgE sériques totales / élimination
© PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 2001, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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