Table 1.
All were negative except for rheumatoid factor (RF) | ||
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Rheumatologic | Clonal disorders/malignancy | Infectious |
Lupus | Bone marrow cancer | Strongyloidiasis |
EGPA | Lymphoid/myeloid abnormalities | Coccidioidomycosis |
HES | Chronic eosinophilic leukemia | Histoplasmosis |
Idiopathic hypereosinophilia | Myeloproliferative disorders | Tuberculosis |
pANCA | Bone marrow biopsy | Cryptococcus |
cANCA | IgG4 disease | Tuberculosis QuantiFERON gold |
C3; C4 | Hematologic malignancy | Immunodiffusion coccidioidomycosis |
ANA | Jak2, BCR/ABL, PDGFRα, FGFR 1, which includes chronic eosinophilic leukemia with F1P1L1/PDGFRα | (CM) IgG and IgM |
RF: elevated | Complement fixation for CM | |
MPO, PR3 | Histoplasmosis antigen | |
Hepatitis B, C | ||
Blood cultures and urine cultures | ||
C-difficile toxin B | ||
HIV antibody/antigen |
Abbreviations: EGPA, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis; HES, hypereosinophilic syndrome; Ig, immunoglobulin; CM, coccidioidal meningitis.