Nitric Oxide and Respiratory Helminthic Diseases

Table 1

Clinical-biological pattern in pulmonary helminthic diseases.

Clinical-biological patterns	Subtypes	Syndrome	Parasites
Pulmonary mass or nodule			E. granulosus
			D. immitis
Pulmonary infiltrates	No extrapulmonary	Löffler’s Syndrome	Ascaris sp.
			A. duodenale
			N. americanus
		Tropical eosinophilia	W. bancrofti
			B. malayi
			B. timori
	Extrapulmonary	Katayama's Syndrome	Schistosoma sp.
		Visceral larva migrans	Toxocara sp.
		Hyperinfection Syndrome	Strongyloides sp.
Miliar pattern/Pulmonary hypertension			Schistosoma sp.
Pleural effusion			Paragonimus sp.
Inflammatory myopathy			Trichinella sp.