Patient | Ethnicity | Past medical history | Symptoms in clinic before diagnosis | Helminth identified | Pretreatment absolute eosinophil count (×109/l) | Post-treatment absolute eosinophil count (×109/l) | Symptoms after treatment |
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A | African | UC | Diarrhoea | Schistosoma | 0.71 | 0.43 | Improvement |
B | African | Nil | Dyspepsia | Strongyloides | 1.64 | 0.45 | Improvement |
C | African | Nil | RUQ pain | Schistosoma | 0.62 | 0.25 | No improvement |
D | Asian not specified | Eosinophilic colitis | Diarrhoea | Stongyloides | 1.2 | N/A | Some improvement |
E | Bangladeshi | UC | Diarrhoea | Strongyloides | 1.12 | 0.34 | Some improvement |
F | Afro-Caribbean | UC | Dyspepsia and diarrhoea | Strongyloides | 1.45 | 0.16 | Some improvement |
G | African | Pernicious anaemia | PR bleeding | Schistosoma | 0.5 | 0.55 | Improvement |
H | Bangladeshi | Iron deficiency anaemia | Dyspepsia | Trichuris | 2.96 | 0.08 | Improvement |
I | Asian not specified | Iron deficiency anaemia | Dyspepsia | Strongyloides | 0.77 | 0.29 | Some improvement |
J | African | Prostate cancer, diverticular disease | Diarrhoea | Strongyloides | 1.0 | 0.11 | Some improvement |
PR, per rectum; RUQ, right upper quadrant; UC, ulcerative colitis.